A former nurse from Boca Raton is appealing the state’s decision to suspend her nursing license following comments made about the White House press secretary on social media.
Alexis “Lexie” Lawler was a labor and delivery nurse when she put out a video, saying that she wished severe injuries on Karoline Leavitt during childbirth. Her employer fired her after the uproar and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier later announced that Lawler had lost her license.
In her appeal, Lawler is asking an appeals court to overturn the state’s emergency suspension, arguing that her off-duty comments are protected political speech…