{"id":88,"date":"2026-06-08T00:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsabstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:29:01","slug":"reason-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/?page_id=88","title":{"rendered":"Reason 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"88\" class=\"elementor elementor-88\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7eafab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b7eafab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61de4e38 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61de4e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anthony Sabatini is a racist <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5392893b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5392893b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e33365f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e33365f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e1be294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e1be294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sabatini-scaled-shadow2-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-64\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sabatini-scaled-shadow2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sabatini-scaled-shadow2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sabatini-scaled-shadow2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sabatini-scaled-shadow2-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sabatini-scaled-shadow2.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa769b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3fa769b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60eaa3e3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60eaa3e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/torn-paper-cropped-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-39\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/torn-paper-cropped-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/torn-paper-cropped-300x21.webp 300w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/torn-paper-cropped-1024x70.webp 1024w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/torn-paper-cropped-768x53.webp 768w, https:\/\/stopsabatini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/torn-paper-cropped-1536x105.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e54ec5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13e54ec5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415b59c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"415b59c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3a793d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c3a793d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378877cb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"378877cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>FACT: <\/strong>Anthony Sabatini earned the nickname <strong style=\"color: #fff200;\">\u201cRep. Blackface\u201d<\/strong> early in his legislative career for good reason: He once dressed in Black face.<\/p><p>In high school, Sabatini dressed as a friend for homecoming week, complete with using some sort of makeup to darken his skin color. While Sabatini dismissed it as a \u201csilly high school prank,\u201d it wasn\u2019t the only time he mocked racial identities. Later, information surfaced about Sabatini also darkening his face and dressing in stereotypical Mexican attire, including a straw hat resembling a sombrero, a fake mustache and a serape, a colorful striped blanket-like cloak. Students who knew Sabatini at the time described the incidents as part of a pattern of behavior, including Sabatini\u2019s consistent participation in racially-themed parties.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c7d41e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c7d41e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/07\/politician-wore-blackface-dress-his-friend-they-call-it-silly-high-school-prank\/\">Check the source<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/news\/photo-appears-to-show-florida-rep-anthony-sabatini-who-still-hasnt-resigned-over-his-blackface-scandal-wearing-brownface-23857506\/\">Check the source<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e5bcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"43e5bcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3a8b08 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f3a8b08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>FACT:<\/strong>\n\nFurther adding to Sabatini\u2019s disgusting relationship with hateful racial rhetoric, Sabatini threatened Americans practicing their constitutional right to free speech by <strong style=\"color: #fff200;\">protesting gun violence, with gun violence.<\/strong> Following the killing of George Floyd in 2020, Sabatini posted a photo of an AR-15 on what was then Twitter with an ominous message: \u201cAttention potential \u2018protesters\u2019 coming near Lake County, FL. This is an AR-15 \u2014 this will be a very common sight upon illegal entry at any Lake County business \u2014 FYI!\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe05b7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fe05b7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/florida-representative-warns-protesters-that-ar-15-rifles-will-be-a-very-common-sight\">Check the source<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d8135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"82d8135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f359097 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f359097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>FACT:<\/strong>\n\n<span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Sabatini<\/span> also ignored his Black neighbors and constituents concerned about the ongoing <strong style=\"color: #fff200;\">display of Confederate monuments,<\/strong> suggesting any monuments removed be brought to Eustice, where he served at the time as a City Commissioner. The comment was so controversial, the City Commission issued a statement distancing itself from <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Sabatini<\/span>\u2019s views, noting that his statements \u201cdo not represent the Commission as a whole.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b43fa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10b43fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/799801-donald-trump-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-pac-claiming-he-supports-anthony-sabatini\/\">Check the source<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2d00c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4d2d00c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Sabatini is a racist FACT: Anthony Sabatini earned the nickname \u201cRep. Blackface\u201d early in his legislative career for good reason: He once dressed in Black face. In high school, Sabatini dressed as a friend for homecoming week, complete with using some sort of makeup to darken his skin color. 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