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Florida's quote of the day

| 9/28/2021

"The mockingbird apparently had a very good lobbyist."

-- Jeff Brandes

Sen. Jeff Brandes wants a new state bird.

The St. Petersburg Republican filed a proposal (SCR 324) for the 2022 legislative session that would rescind the designation of the mockingbird as the state bird, a perch it has held since 1927.

In tweets Thursday and Friday defending his proposal, Brandes said the state should have a bird that people identify as being from Florida.

“I should mention that the mockingbird is also the state bird of 4 other states,” Brandes tweeted on Friday. “The mockingbird apparently had a very good lobbyist.”

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