Marco Rubio has made his position on protecting and expanding the right to vote in America clear: he thinks it’s ridiculous. In recent interviews and statements, Rubio has criticized efforts to protect voting rights, attacked measures that would make it easier to vote, and lied about efforts in states – including in Florida – to erect barriers
In an op-ed published in the Fort Myers News-Press, local leader Jacquelyn McMiller slams Rubio for failing to support legislation that will help protect her community from climate change and bring down costs for everyday Floridians. With funding to help fix Florida’s over 400 bridges and 3,500 miles of highway that are in poor condition, expand
Where is Marco Rubio? The Senator’s last public event in Florida was two months ago. Since getting called out for failing to show up for his job in the Senate, Rubio has missed nine more committee hearings, including meetings on small business development, seniors issues, and critical foreign policy discussions about Afghanistan. “When Floridians need strong leadership the most, Marco Rubio
From failing to show up for his job to voting against legislation to speed up COVID vaccinations and grow the economy, Marco Rubio spent the year being too cowardly to step up and do what’s right for Florida. Newspapers across the state took notice, excoriating Rubio for his spinelessness and self-serving attempts to score political
The following editorial appeared in The Daily Sun on Dec 14, 2021. We highly encourage you to subscribe to our local newspaper in print and/or online to preserve their voice! Click HERE to subscribe. OUR POSITION: Florida’s recently appointed surgeon general is doing nothing significant to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We’re curious
As Congress makes progress on popular legislation to invest in programs that will lower costs for working families across Florida, Marco Rubio has made one thing clear: he will do whatever he can to stop it. Rubio has once put his own partisan political agenda ahead of the needs of Floridians, and is openly opposing proposals to lower
By Zac Anderson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Dec 3, 2021. Notorious Trump lawyer Sidney Powell meets with Sen. Joe Gruters. The Sarasota region’s connections to those fighting the 2020 election results keep growing, the latest example being a visit from former President Donald Trump lawyer Sidney Powell. Sarasota state Sen. Joe Gruters met with Powell and former
Following the reports of Senator Rick Scott celebrating inflation as a “gold mine” for Republicans’ efforts to regain power in Washington, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Manny Diaz released the following statement: “Instead of voting to invest millions of dollars in Florida’s crumbling infrastructure and combating inflation, Senator Rick Scott is rooting against the economic recovery and continues
Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Marcus L. Dixon released the following statement on a new report that found Marco Rubio is yet again failing to show up and do the job Floridians are paying him to do: “Marco Rubio’s repeated failures to show up for work leave Florida without a voice on critical issues, including important
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Oct 26, 2021. OUR POSITION: Gov. Ron DeSantis made a mistake when he selected Dr. Joseph Ladapo for the post of surgeon general and it is up to the state Senate to correct the error. We had doubts about the selection of Dr. Joseph Ladapo
Throughout his career in the Senate, Marco Rubio has consistently failed to stand up for immigrant communities when they needed him most, and recent events show that his failures are a constant disappointment to Floridians. In the past few weeks Rubio outright admitted that he wouldn’t support members of Florida’s Venezuelan community in their effort to get
In addition to voting in favor of a government shutdown and opposing a bill that would avert a catastrophic recession, Marco Rubio made headlines last week for his self-serving political games immediately blowing up in his face. Florida Politics noted Rubio “reminded us again last week of his penchant for placing his foot squarely in his mouth,” giving him the title of
On September 27th, Marco Rubio voted to put the entire U.S. economy at risk, opposing a bill to prevent a debt default that would cost nearly 6 million jobs and eliminate $15 trillion in household wealth. Rubio also voted against funding for essential government programs Floridians rely on that include hurricane relief, flood insurance, and more.
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent on September 24, 2021 by our Charlotte County Dems Chair, Teresa Jenkins, to Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah, Chair, Florida Board of Medicine to protest the appointment of Dr. Joseph Ladapo by Governor Ron DeSantis as Florida’s next surgeon general. She awaits his response. Dear Dr. Zachariah, Dr. Joseph
Last week, Marco Rubio voted to support Senator Rand Paul’s radical Five Penny Plan, which would gut our federal budget, mandating “enormous cuts to practically every aspect of federal operations,” and putting defense, education, FEMA, and Medicare in jeopardy. “Instead of voting for a budget plan that will lower health care costs and ensure no
FL state senator Joe Gruters further demonstrated his leadership incompetence by speaking at an Anti-Vaxxers meeting yesterday.
A statement by Teresa Jenkins, chair of Charlotte County Democrats Executive Committee “Donald Trump promised that Floridians’ taxes would go ‘way down’ under his presidency. But instead of lending a hand, he passed a tax scam that further hollowed out middle and lower-income Floridians. The United Way reported that nearly half of state households are
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dishonesty. One of the only things this president delivers with any reliability. In fact, he lies so often it’s hard to keep track. But of course, that’s the plan so expect the deliveries to keep on coming. You can take that to the bank.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/AVJENCKjF-o”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Editorial Note from CharlotteDems.com: Is the POTUS really trying to restrict Constitutionally protected free speech – of himself? See the ad and please share this story with everyone you know. Trump camp threatens local TV stations over Democratic ad Source: KOKH Fox 25 – Oklahoma City Fox News Affiliate by The Associated PressThursday, March 26th 2020
The world will likely need to adjust to many “new normal” lifestyle changes as a result of the Coronavirus global pandemic. Realistically and sadly, even in this time of global crisis, Donald Trump does not appear capable of adaptiation. Trump’s supporters, sychophants and enablers are propping up a man who speaks without knowledge, forethought or
By Steve Contorno Published Jan. 28 Link to Tampa Bay Times article At the same April 2018 dinner where President Donald Trump ordered the removal of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, he also discussed Florida Sen. Rick Scott with Ukrainian-born South Florida businessman Lev Parnas. The conversation was captured in an 83-minute video obtained by Reuters from Parnas’ attorney
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