Florida Democrat Nikki Fried likens Republicans to officers watching George Floyd die

[RandySF]

Fried, addressing the Leadership Blue gala, compared the Republican Party of Florida to the officers who watched one of their own kill George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The context was the fight against coronavirus, where Fried said that the officers’ “inaction and silence” reminds her of the Republican Party of Florida standing idly by as the virus ravages the state.

“They stood by and watched … without intervening,” Fried said of the officers, “whose actions remind me of the Republican Party of Florida.”

Fried wondered “where was the Republican Party as over 4,000 Floridians have died of coronavirus and the Governor refuses to issue a mask mandate.”

For Fried, the critiques on Saturday night continue increasingly uncompromising warnings that, in her view, Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking the state toward a coronavirus disaster.



https://floridapolitics.com/archives/350334-nikki-fried-floyd

[Pachamama]

1. She is correct....

The comparison is accurate

[Lochloosa]

2. I think you are looking at the next Democratic candidate for FL Gov. I hope so anyway.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Fried for Governor, Val Demmings for US Senate

That’s my prediction for 2022.

[Lochloosa]

5. Works for me.

[Blue_true]

7. Barring ethical lapses on her part between now and then, she will by far be our best choice

for our nominee. Everything that I see about her life story and her leadership style I like.

[Cha]

3. Unfortunately.. perfect analogy.

[flying_wahini]

6. Well, just maybe, we can take Florida, Geo, Texas and Arizona in the next election.

Maybe they will be ‘woke’.