FILE - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks at a campaign rally for former Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears at the Buckland Farm Market on Oct. 29, 2025, in New Baltimore, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
"As Attorney General, I and my office must honor the U.S. and Florida Constitutions' guarantee of equal protection under the law. Because enforcing and obeying these discriminatory laws would violate those bedrock legal guarantees, those laws are unconstitutional," he noted. "My office, therefore, will not defend or enforce any of these discriminatory provisions."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference announcing an audit of Broward County's spending, at the FDOT District 4 office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on July 22, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Uthmeier had previously served as the governor's chief of staff.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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