DeSantis, whose presidential campaign is going great right now, decided to take a break from harming children and marginalized communities to do something nasty to his own base of right-wing Republican white women. He signed a measure that bans permanent alimony and rewrites the formula for other kinds of alimony. Only existing non-modifiable agreements are not subject to the new terms. If they are modifiable, as many are, that means a flood of cases in Florida are about to be reopened and will overwhelmingly harm Florida women.
'This is a death sentence for me': Florida Republican women say they will switch parties after DeSantis approves alimony law.
“He (DeSantis) has just impoverished all the older women of Florida, and I know at least 3,000 women across the state of Florida are switching to Democrat and we will campaign against him, all the way, forever,” Camille Fiveash, a Milton Republican who receives permanent alimony, said in a phone interview Friday.
Fiveash, a 63-year-old with serious medical conditions, said she can’t afford another legal fight over alimony.
The law also includes a provision that would make it more difficult for judges to award alimony payments that exceed 25% of the payer’s gross monthly income.
Jan Killilea is the founder of the “First Wives Advocacy Group” whose members mostly receive permanent alimony. She had praise for DeSantis when he vetoed a similar measure last year. But as you may recall, last year was an election year. DeSantis doesn’t care anymore.
“On behalf of the thousands of women who our group represents, we are very disappointed in the governor’s decision to sign the alimony-reform bill. We believe by signing it, he has put older women in a situation which will cause financial devastation.
The so-called party of ‘family values’ has just contributed to erosion of the institution of marriage in Florida,” Jan Killilea, a 63-year-old Boca Raton woman who founded the group a decade ago, told The News Service of Florida in a text message Friday.
Now, I really do feel for those who knew this was coming and understood what a monster DeSantis is. Yet it’s very hard for me to feel sorry for all these white women who supported DeSantis and his sycophants in the state legislature and only now give a damn because he finally decided to screw them over personally. These are the exact same women who repeatedly vote against their own interests in each election and make all of us suffer for it.
Maybe fighting against putting a mask on a child during a pandemic shouldn’t have been your primary concern, Karen. Oh, is that cruel?
Well, so is bullying children, which you were fine with. You were also fine with the state forcibly taking kids away from their parents because they have gender dysphoria.
You were okay with kidnapping migrant families for a political stunt. You are still totally cool with rampant gun violence.
In other words, I don’t care that the leopard finally decided to eat your face.
But I’ll be sure to send you plenty of tots and pears.