Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Frired visited Santa Rosa and Escambia counties yesterday to fire up her base and thank the party’s hardworking volunteers.
She told me that the state is in play for the national Democratic Party and the Biden campaign. Fried is out to rebuild the state party infrastructure with eyes on the 2024 and 2026 election cycles
“In November 2022, there was complete collapse of the Democratic Party. Everything from infrastructure to voter registration to engagement to turnout, you name it, we had a problem. And so when I took over as chair of the party, we came in and said, ‘Look, we’re a starter company.'”
In another goofy GOP moment, Santa Rosa County Commissioner James Calkins tried to distract the Santa Rosa rally by skateboarding with a Trump flag by the community center’s windows.
Term Limits: Salzman drops constitutional amendment, goes easier bill route
From The News Service of Florida:
County commissioners would face eight-year term limits under measures filed for consideration during the 2024 legislative session. Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, filed the Senate version of the proposal (SB 438) on Monday, after Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Pensacola, filed similar legislation (HB 57) in October.
Under the proposals, county commissioners would have to leave office after two four-year terms and then would have to wait two years before they could run again for the seats.
The state Constitution addresses the structure of county commissions and sets four-year terms for commissioners but does not place limits on terms. State lawmakers, the governor and Cabinet members have eight-year term limits.
During the spring legislative session, the Legislature approved imposing eight-year term limits on school board members, down from previous 12-year limits. The 2024 session will start in January.
Some more talking points for the Dems.
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–“There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye.” -Elon Musk tweet on Paul Pelosi being bludgeoned by an intruder with a hammer, 3 days after Musk bought Twitter (Oct 20 2022, deleted the same day)
–“That moment you realize the nudist hippie male prostitute LSD guy was the reason your husband didn’t make it to your fundraiser.” -Disgraced former police officer and Republican US Representative Clay Higgins tweet, accompanied by a photo of Nancy Pelosi with her hands over her eyes (Oct 30 2022, deleted the same day)
–“The internet remains undefeated.” -Donald Trump Jr., retweeting Steve Mudflap McGrew’s REMASCULATE original tweet “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween Costume ready” captioning a photo of a hammer lying on a pair of underwear (Oct 30 2022, tweet still up)
–“LOL.” -Republican US Representative Claudia Tenney, tweeting a photograph of a group of young, white men holding oversized hammers beside a gay Pride flag (Nov 1 2022, comments blocked upon posting, later deleted)
–“Finally, one less gavel in the Pelosi house for Paul to fight with in his underwear.” Newly elected Florida US Representative Corry Mills tweet marking the end of Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership (Jan 7 2023)
–“We had no terror during my administration. The only terror we had was Nancy Pelosi. Crazed lunatic. What the hell was going on with her husband? Let’s not ask. She had a wall around her house [laughs]. It didn’t work very well.” -Donald Trump at a New Hampshire campaign rally on Veteran’s Day 2023 (Saturday the 11th)
–“Waking up in a pool of blood.” -Paul Pelosi responding to a question about the first thing he remembered after being bludgeoned with a hammer by an unknown intruder into his house (from his sworn testimony 2 days ago, Monday Nov 13th)
–“I don’t want to hurt you but I don’t want you to get in the way either.” -David DePape to Paul Pelosi, explaining he broke into the Pelosi residence in order to interrogate Nancy Pelosi while wearing a unicorn (from his sworn testimony yesterday, Tuesday Nov 14th)
–“I was hoping he could take it back that would end this in a way that wouldn’t result in violence.” -David DePape (ibid)
–“He was a very amiable gentleman. I just gave him a squeeze on the shoulder to be reassuring.” -David DePape (ibid)
–“When he was on the ground breathing, I was really scared for his life. And later in the hospital, I felt really bad for him because we had a really good rapport and things were going good until the last second.” -David DePape (ibid)
–“I actually thought he was dead until I heard the charges. He was never my target and I am sorry he got hurt.” -David DePape (explaining in his sworn testimony that he brought the hammer for Nancy, not Paul, Pelosi)
Here are some talking points for them:
–“We will put America first and today, especially in honor of our great veterans on Veterans Day, we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.” -Donald Trump, Veteran’s Day Weekend
–“This vermin must be destroyed. The Jews are our sworn enemies.” -Adolph Hitler
–“It ought to have been the duty of any Government which had the care of the people in its keeping, to take this opportunity of mercilessly rooting out everything that was opposed to the national spirit.” -Adolph Hitler
–““Following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.” -Donald Trump, referring to 1954 “Operation Wetback”
–“For hundreds of years Germany was good enough to receive these elements, although they possessed nothing except infectious political and physical diseases.” -Adolph Hitler, the “Jewish Question” speech
–“It’s poisoning the blood of our country. It’s so bad, and people are coming in with disease. People are coming in with every possible thing that you could have.” -Donald Trump
–“Any activists who doubt President Trump’s resolve in the slightest are making a drastic error: Trump will unleash the vast arsenal of federal powers to implement the most spectacular migration crackdown…The immigration legal activists won’t know what’s happening.” -Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration policy advisor
“Those who try to make that ridiculous assertion are clearly snowflakes grasping for anything because they are suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome and their entire existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House.” –Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung, speaking of anyone who compares Trump to Hitler
““The swamp is on the run, Maga is ascendant and if you don’t think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to Maga Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement, and where the power of the Republican party truly lies, then you’re not paying attention.” –Matt Gaetz