Even as DeSantis called the new bill "weaker," legislative Republicans pushed their legislation through the committee process Monday.

A push by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on ballot initiatives could have unforeseen consequences for the business interests of his state’s most prominent resident: President Donald Trump.

The House and Senate started and quickly ended a special legislative session that DeSantis called and then immediately opened their own special session.

Florida Republican lawmakers have defied Gov. Ron DeSantis' call for a special session on immigration by tossing out the governor's proposals and convening their own special legislative session to carry out President Donald Trump's federal immigration orders.

DeSantis was an officer and Navy lawyer at Gitmo in 2006, when prisoners committed to a mass hunger strike. Guards there ultimately restrained and force-fed many of them using nasal tubes — a practice the United Nations Human Rights Commission deemed a form of torture.

I spoke with the president today, and I told him I am working on this and we want to be helpful and he was basically, ‘I want as strong as possible, as strong as possible,’” DeSantis told supporters in the call.

In a special session on Monday, leaders seemed to be declaring their independence from a governor who has wielded so much power that legislative sessions have become largely predictable rubber stamps.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House and Senate openly rebuked Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a special session on immigration Monday by defiantly rejecting his slate of bills, then adjourning and immediately regrouping to consider alternative legislation approved by their leaders.

DeSantis has excelled at growing his enemies list due to his superfluous pursuit of political battles. However, for those he sought to sideline — such as Susie Wiles and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson — his tactics have only fueled their rise.

The Florida Legislature rejected some of Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposals for an immigration bill and, in the name of Donald Trump, introduced its own.

In another blow to the governor, legislators also voted to override some of DeSantis' budget vetoes from last year, a move that hasn't happened since then-Gov. Charlie Crist.