Posted on 06/02/2021 5:48:16 AM PDT by Joe Brower
Nikki Fried Officially Running for Governor Against Ron DeSantis
She's finally in and we are off to the races.
Javier Manjarres | June 1, 2021
It’s official! Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has finally signed the controversial Transgender female sports ban into law today and has once again taken the media reigns for the day. Oh, wait, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried filed paperwork to put herself on the ballot for governor in 2022.
Commissioner Fried’s non-announcement fell on deaf ears and was overshadowed by DeSantis’s signing of the transgender bill in Jacksonville.
Fried filed the paperwork but has not announced her actions on Twitter or any other social media out, which is kind of weird considering that everything she has done in the months leading up to her filing date has been pushed on social media platforms.
Fried recently told The Floridian that she would not be announcing in the same public way Rep. Charlie Crist announced his gubernatorial campaign, suggesting that her say in the sun would be done online.
And now there is a video announcement:
Because Fried telegraphed when she would announce her campaign, Florida and national Republicans were ready to pounce.
Within minutes after Fried’s official candidacy was posted to the Florida Department of Election’s website, the Republican Party of Florida teed off on Fried, accusing her of attempting to overturn DeSantis’ Executive Order on schools and called her a “lockdown lobbyist.”
“Nikki Fried tried to close Florida schools and attempted to overturn Governor DeSantis’ Executive Order to get our kids back in the classroom. She is a lockdown lobbyist who can’t be trusted to make the right decisions for Florida families,” stated the Florida GOP.
The state Republican party is referring to a tweet Fried put out on July 7, 2020, in regard to DeSantis’s edict to reopen schools.
“Parents I have spoken with are terrified. There have been no guidelines, no flexibility for parents or school districts, and no protections for teachers and students. We need to get #COVID19 under control before we force our children back into schools,” stated Fried,
The Republican Governor’s Association (RGA), which will play a significant role in trying to get DeSantis reelected to office, calling her movements leading up to her campaign filing as “desperate political posturing.”
“Instead of using her office to work for the people of Florida, Nikki Fried has spent the last 2 and a half years working to better herself,” said RGA spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez. “Floridians want someone who will fight for them tirelessly, and Fried’s desperate political posturing and reliance on lies and pandering to make a point prove she’s the exact opposite of what Florida needs.”
Ugh.
This announcement is all over the usual leftmedia outlets. I chose the least of these for this article, and copped the pic so you don't have to give them any clicks.
Horse races, huh? Seems fitting.
Only statewide democrat in Florida. The republican person running against her must have sucked bad. I voted but don’t remember who ran against her for agriculture. That probably explains it. No name exposure.
DeSantis should refer to her as “Kommissar Karen.”
I’m still convinced she was a test case for voter fraud in FL.
Tranny Gaydar pegged to the max.
I don’t trust any politician named “Nikki” ...
She ran on the “I’ll push to legalize dope” platform.
Her goal is to turn Florida into San Francisco.
She pasted her mug on every gas pump in the state.... So when you fill up at $4+ a gallon you’ll know who to spit at...............
See ten. She ran on one single issue.
Nikki Facelift.
Bingo. Gillum was too, but the dems just couldn't manage to pull that one off. A real winner he would have been.
Double padlocks on the rabbit hutches around the state would be prudent none the less.
Are you serious? He’s a she who’s a he?
The FL Ag department runs the Concealed Carry state permitting.
She is ANTI-2nd Amendment. And her main campaign goal for FLorida’s farming industry (huge cattle production, citrus, truck farming.. and sugar)-— why, it was to encourage the creation of marijuana farming for “medical marijuana”. She is a looney with a law degree from Broward Dade liberal land.
Fraud got her in in the first place.
Nikki Fried, her perennial fiance Jake Bergmann and Fried’s father Ronald Fried are all financially leveraged in the cannabis industry.
“ We need to get #COVID19 under control before we force our children back into schools,” stated Fried,”
Sorry sweet cheeks, covid is over.
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