Is a routine population count part of a “deep state” plot?
That’s the take of Attorney General James Uthmeier , who says the deep state was responsible for twisting the results of the most recent census for its nefarious ends, ensuring Florida was “robbed of a seat.”
“The deep state’s always been working the census for political purposes,” the Gov. Ron DeSantis appointee said on The Dana Show .
In this case, the “deep state” was doing the bidding not of the Donald Trump administration, which started the decennial exercise in 2020, but of the Joe Biden administration that entered shortly before final findings were released in 2021.
Biden’s team worked to, per Uthmeier, “delay results” and “do a lot of manipulation.”
Uthmeier said Florida was “supposed to get two seats” and th