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Florida Department of Health lawyer John Wilson resigns, says he was pressured to do so

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Lawyer: I Quit Rather Than Carry Out DeSantis’ Censorship Threats from the yes,-the-governor-is-trying-to-censor-speech dept.

Florida 's Department of Health sent a letter, signed by its General Counsel John Wilson , to the TV stations, claiming that airing the commercial could violate the state’s “sanitary nuisance” laws.

At least one TV station then refused to air the ad in question in response to the letter.