In Florida Senate Race, GOP Messaging on Crime Runs Up Against an Ex-Cop Opponent
In Florida Senate Race, GOP Messaging on Crime Runs Up Against an Ex-Cop Opponent
By Eric Cortellessa
On Oct. 2, days after Hurricane Ian swept through Florida, Rep. Val Demings, a Democrat vying to unseat Sen. Marco Rubio, took to Twitter. “In the United States Senate, I’ll never put partisan politics over delivering disaster relief for Floridians,” she wrote. It was a veiled broadside against Rubio who, in 2012, voted against a $50 billion relief bill for New York and New Jersey after they were decimated by Hurricane Sandy, and last month skipped a vote on $18.8 billion in additional funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “He votes against things that are good for Florida,” Demings recently told TIME. “I just think Florida knows that they deserve better.”
Demings willingness to use Hurricane Ian, which has killed more than 100 people, as a tacit line of attack reflects the tricky political challenge she faces three weeks before the election.
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By Eric Cortellessa
On Oct. 2, days after Hurricane Ian swept through Florida, Rep. Val Demings, a Democrat vying to unseat Sen. Marco Rubio, took to Twitter. “In the United States Senate, I’ll never put partisan politics over delivering disaster relief for Floridians,” she wrote. It was a veiled broadside against Rubio who, in 2012, voted against a $50 billion relief bill for New York and New Jersey after they were decimated by Hurricane Sandy, and last month skipped a vote on $18.8 billion in additional funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “He votes against things that are good for Florida,” Demings recently told TIME. “I just think Florida knows that they deserve better.”
Demings willingness to use Hurricane Ian, which has killed more than 100 people, as a tacit line of attack reflects the tricky political challenge she faces three weeks before the election.
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