The extreme six-week abortion ban goes into effect in Florida Wednesday, so it’s a perfect time to remind voters that Donald Trump and the rest of the MAGA Republicans, like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, are the ones responsible for ripping away women’s reproductive rights.

And just in time for the presidential election, the Democratic National Committee launched a bilingual billboard campaign across the state to bring attention to the connection between Trump and the Draconian abortion bans sweeping the country. Abortion is now banned in every state across the south except Virginia. Both in English and Spanish, the DNC billboards are to be located in high-traffic areas in the cities of Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville and, yes, Miami, putting the number of miles between the women there and safe abortion procedures in Virginia.

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When the Florida Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an abortion rights measure and a referendum on recreational marijuana use could legally be placed on the November ballot, it wasn’t just a defeat for Attorney General Ashley Moody, who fought both measures and tried to keep them off the ballot on behalf of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Because both questions are expected to ignite Democrat voters and turn them out more, the ruling could also be a blow to Sen. Rick Scott, whose challenge from former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has suddenly become much more dangerous. And it’s a slap on the wrist for Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, whose once paltry challenge from former Key Biscayne Mayor Mike Davey just got some juice.

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