He tried to kill a district of 360K African Americans by sending them off into 4 other districts where their voice would be dilluted and void. The judge ruled race was a motivating factor.
Florida Governor caught trying to purposefully deny black voters representation
“The judge recognizes that this map is unlawful and diminishes African Americans’ ability to elect representatives of their choice," Lawson said in a statement emailed to news outlets. “DeSantis is wrong for enacting this Republican-leaning map that is in clear violation of the U.S. and state constitutions.”
“The district that has since been enacted and signed into law by the governor does disperse 367,000 African American votes between four different districts," Smith said in a video call with both sides. “The African American population is nowhere near a plurality or a majority.”