Donald Trump Plan Rebuked by 22 Florida Republicans

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Source: Newsweek

Published Dec 05, 2025 at 05:40 PM EST updated Dec 05, 2025 at 06:57 PM EST


Florida’s Republican-led congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to abandon a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state’s coast for the first time in decades. Newsweek reached out to the White House, Department of the Interior, and Department of Energy by email on Friday evening for comment.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump heavily emphasized American "energy dominance" as a key policy during the 2024 presidential election, with plans to "drill, baby, drill." Interior Secretary Doug Burgum then, in November, unveiled plans to open new offshore drilling near California and Florida for the first time in decades.

This would reverse several policies enacted during the Biden administration, which sought to curb offshore drilling and expand clean energy options. Trump has heavily criticized those policies, and, since returning to office, he has implemented several Biden policies, such as canceling billions in clean energy grants and blocking offshore wind projects.

The proposal has prompted significant bipartisan backlash in both states, with concerns over the environmental impacts and the potential hindrance to vital tourism economies.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/florida-gop-delegation-urges-trump-to-stop-offshore-drilling-plan-11166516

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FL GOP - NIMBY!

REFERENCES

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143569320
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143570782

[bluedigger]

1. What if we housed illegal immigrants on the platforms?

Politics is compromise, after all.

[Wonder Why]

2. I propose the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee for the drilling site.

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. It's always okay when they are drilling somewhere else.

Isn't it?

[generalbetrayus]

4. First we need to drill Eric and Don Jr.'s hair for oil.

[cab67]

5. straight-up NIMBY.

I'm sure they'd be silent if drilling platforms were installed off the coast of any other state.

[Beartracks]

6. But "vital tourism economies" don't make money for Big Oil!

[Bengus81]

7. Pffttt...big ole' Republican State worried about concerns over the environmental impacts

Yeah you fuckers are NOW when the shit comes home to roost. The rest of the time it's drill baby drill.