Florida Republican Party Chairman Evan Power is criticizing state and federal licensing policies after a crash involving a non-English speaking truck driver that resulted in the deaths of three people on the Florida Turnpike earlier this month, telling Newsmax on Saturday that the accident shows the failures of Democrat lawmakers. 

“It really goes to show the failure of the [Joe] Biden and Gavin Newsom administrations in allowing these people to work in this country when they can’t follow the law. It costs three lives here in Florida,” Power said on “The Count.”

He added that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier would ensure the driver is “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

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