Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried tore into Gov. Ron DeSantis declaring Florida is 'no longer a free state.' Speaking at a press conference hours after DeSantis signed a sweeping election bill into law, Fried cast the governor as an authoritarian figure bent on curbing basic rights and controlling the flow of information out of his administration. In particular, she noted how he had barred media outlets, except for Fox News, from covering the signing of the elections bill on Thursday.