Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith
@CarlosGSmith
History-making lawmaker. 🏳️🌈 FL State Senator, District 17, He/him/él. Equality Florida Senior Advisor. Jerick’s husband. Personal account
The legislature has taken us in a dangerous direction and turned our classrooms into political battlefields. I’m fighting back and running for Florida Senate to give our community HOPE that we can still elect people who care about helping people. Together we win in 2024.
"‘They are keeping the ending the HIV epidemic initiative, funding for CDC, but then that has to be spread out throughout the whole country, and it's just not enough money…’” cfpublic.org/health/2025-07…
Such a sweet note handed to me by a flight attendant on my way back from DC tonight. 🥹 It’s truly an honor to represent the people of Central Florida in the State Senate. 🇺🇸
Hey @GovGoneWild!👋 Congrats on the new gig. Will you be sending @DOGEFla to investigate the $450 MILLION in no-bid contract spending at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ or nah?
Counties and cities should be accountable to the taxpayers they serve. They should NOT be treating their citizens like a piggy bank for bloated budgets. I was proud to travel with @GovRonDeSantis to announce our @DOGEFLA audit of Broward County and City of Gainesville spending.…
The State of Florida is using corrupt, no-bid contracts to pay corrections staff in their disgusting Everglades detention camp THREE TIMES more than we pay corrections officers in our state prisons—- WHY??? 💰💰💰 wesh.com/article/florid…
NEW: "Each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel." Right now, Florida taxpayers are footing the bill. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
$245 MILLION in corrupt GOP contracts paid for by Florida taxpayers. 👇🏼
Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz' | By the numbers | Click on the image to read the full story wesh.com/article/florid…
OH NO! The drag queen police @AGJamesUthmeier is here. What are we gonna do now??? 🤣🤣🤣 flapol.com/4lDdiQz
“The state and federal government told us [the Everglades detention camp] was only for the worst of the worst….That was a LIE.” “There are hundreds of undocumented immigrants in there facing ZERO criminal charges.”
HERNANDEZ: What did you see in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’? SMITH: We saw a lot of people are getting very rich. And it’s the Republican donors being given $450 MILLION in contracts to build and run this site.
I joined a coalition of Florida state lawmakers in calling on Governor Ron DeSantis to rescind Executive Order 23-03, an immigration “emergency” order that’s been extended and weaponized for three years despite no actual emergency. 1/3