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*Note—The Floridian Publisher Javier Manjarres was inside the House Chamber during the riot. He is pictured above huddled with other members of the media, congressional staffers. This image was taken just as the tear gas was deployed in the Rotunda. Manjarres, along with, Reps. Val Demings, Veronica Escobar, Sheila Jackson Lee, and at least 15 […]
Commissioner Fried once again shared her concern over the tests, arguing that the Governor had "admitted" to having a "stockpile" of unused exams.
The President issued a speech from the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall on Thursday, but his team also directed a message to supporters, saying that President Donald Trump (R) “created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election.”
One year ago today the infamous January 6th riot on Capitol Hill took place in an effort to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Now, Democrats are expected to start talking up the events again with gubernatorial candidate and US Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) accusing Governor DeSantis (R-FL) of "aiding and abetting," January […]
During a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked his thoughts about the 1-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot, where the first term governor compared the riot to the “attempted assassination of Republican members of Congress” at congressional baseball game practice on June 14, 2017. Gov. DeSantis, who […]
Florida's new Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who was appointed last year, has stirred the pot once again. Ladapo appeared on Fox News this week where he slammed Biden's "unrealistic" Coronavirus promises and claims that Florida has emphasized living as usual amid the pandemic. Since his nomination by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Dr. Ladapo has […]
Campaigning Against Ron DeSantis As we get closer to the 2022 gubernatorial election in Florida, the political barbs Democrats are throwing at Gov. Ron DeSantis will only get sharper and more ridiculous. Gov. DeSantis will not be pushing back just yet, he will surely keep his powder dry until after the Democratic gubernatorial primary race […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ (R) campaign is taking aim at “blue state hypocrites” after his team welcomed Florida Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D) to Miami Beach over New Year’s weekend.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced her endorsement of Taddeo for Governor, calling her a “good friend & home-grown leader.”
In late December 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the ongoing supply chain interruptions that resulted from the current rate of inflation the U.S. was enduring, stating, “Packages are moving, gifts are being delivered, shelves are not empty.” President Biden also said that the “much-predicted (supply chain) crisis didn’t occur.” Several weeks later, President Biden’s […]
President Biden (D) announcing a change in the federal Pandemic plan, or lack there of, has left Americans shocked after the president promised to end the public health crisis. Today, Lt. Governor Jeanette Nuñez (R-FL) sounded off on Biden for, "waving the white flag," on COVID-19 Florida has been the center of pandemic politics, not […]
TALLAHASSEE --- Legislative leaders are monitoring the spike in coronavirus cases across Florida but haven’t made plans to reimpose restrictions on public access that were used during the 2021 session. With the 2022 legislative session starting Jan. 11, people will be allowed to roam most of the Capitol complex and address lawmakers in person. “In […]
Among the many crises facing the nation, citizens living in some of America's larger cities have feared the dramatic spike in crime that has broken concerning records. US Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) is blaming Democrats for the spike in homicides in 2021 and has called out Biden's silence on the Crime Wave. As recorded at […]
Fried Frying her campaign one Tweet at a Time I’m not sure what has got into Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried lately, but her latest vulgar tweets are nothing more than concerning and outright stupid. Could it be terrible political advice she is receiving? Or, is it just her being desperate to garner whatever attention she […]
Florida Rep. Charlie Crist (D) is calling for the CDC to release the state’s breakthrough COVID-19 data.
Governor DeSantis is accusing the President of failing to address his “central campaign promise.”
American politics can get right down dirty, and Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried managed to throw herself and her gubernatorial campaign right into the gutter by referring to Gov. Ron DeSantis as a penis, saying that he is a 'dic." Commissioner Fried tweeted that Gov. DeSantis is "doing everything he can to become a dictator. He's […]
As the news broke that Long-time Jacksonville-area actives Ben Frazier was arrested for trespassing shortly before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held another Monoclonal treatment press conference in Jacksonville, prominent Democratic leaders like Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and State Rep. Angie Nixon, referred to Frazier as “respected” as they protested his arrest. The “respectable” Frazier called […]
