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There were supposed dramatics and import with the delivery of the news, and for those who are headline readers, this might have appeared to carry all of the expected melodrama. The Florida Democratic Chairperson was arrested late on April 3, but that jarring announcement and any political import attached to it were all dissipated once the details came to light and we learned what actually transpired. Just the fact that the name Nikki Fried was involved should have been the reason for any proper-thinking person to pause, but we live in an era ruled by emotions and political hysteria. Fried...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The Tallahassee Police Department arrested 11 people Monday night outside of city hall including Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party and Senate Democratic minority leader Lauren Book. outside Tallahassee City Hall Strong winds brought down trees and power lines in the Bainbridge area Monday afternoon. A dozen trucks were stuck in traffic on Faceville Highway due to a downed, live power line in the road. 040323 protesters arrest tallahassee city hall Fs1hVq7WIAEpru7.jpg By: WTXL Digital Staff Posted at 10:04 PM, Apr 03, 2023 and last updated 10:15 AM, Apr 04, 2023 TALLAHASSEE, Fla....

Yesterday the chair of the Florida Democrats, Nikki Fried, tweeted this which was followed by an image: null Twitter added the following context to Fried’s tweet (which did nothing except prove DeSantis’ point): null Fried was making a point, just not the one she thought. She was, however, proving Gov. DeSantis correct. What you’re upset about him posting is from an actual book progressives want in children’s school libraries. Funny how it offends you on Twitter but not when it’s in front of children. — The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) March 10, 2023 It was an incredible self-own, but later came the incredible...

Florida is debating whether to join states like Vermont, Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Indiana, Texas, and Utah, and become the 26th state to allow its citizens to carry firearms without a government permit. Since criminals and mass shooters tend to ignore paperwork, the law is a reasonable way to ensure lawful Floridians are able to defend themselves and their communities. The outrage over the permitless carry bill is, as one expects, already hysterical, emotional, and largely fact-free. Read this column from the perpetually confused Wajahat Ali, who stresses the dangers of permitless carry by pointing to incidents that are wholly...

The Twitter user known as Catturd just made news for battling against Florida’s Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, as The Free Press recently reported. Now, Catturd is taking on another Trump hater: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger.

The U.S. Department of Justice told a Florida federal judge on Monday that the Sunshine State's medical marijuana patients had no Second Amendment right to possess firearms since they were breaking a federal law. The DOJ's brief was filed in response to a lawsuit brought by the commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and three Florida residents, who allege a federal rule barring medical marijuana patients from having guns is unconstitutional. In its motion to dismiss the case or secure a favorable judgment, the government countered that the policies being challenged by the lawsuit only apply...

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has recently sent out a press release calling Florida gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) the “Joe Biden of Florida.” Rep.Crist, who has a longer political career than his Democratic primary opponent Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried (D-FL), is known by most as the establishment candidate. Crist also served as Governor of Florida (as a Republican) and has been in politics since becoming a state senator in 1993. President Joe Biden (D) has been in the public eye for a long time as well – 50 years in fact – after being elected to the...

A Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate who pledged to legalize marijuana if elected owns a sizable stake in a pot dispensary company, according to a financial disclosure. Nikki Fried, who was a medical marijuana lobbyist before becoming Florida’s agriculture commissioner in 2018, has a $130,000 stake in Harvest Health and Recreation Inc. through a company called Ignite Holdings, her 2021 disclosure to the Florida Commission on Ethics shows.

LAKELAND, Fla. — A 13-year-old girl was arrested by Lakeland Police during an abortion rights protest on the Fourth of July. Lillie Johnson told News Channel 8 she will not be deterred from exercising her First Amendment rights after video of her arrest went viral. “If anything this has encouraged me more to fight for the freedom of anybody and everybody. No matter what, no matter who,” Lillie said. Lillie’s mother, Lauren Johnson, recorded video Monday of Lakeland Police officers detaining her daughter at Munn Park. “It’s important to use your voice and to use it peacefully and appropriately, and...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida utilities would gradually increase their electricity to 100% renewable by 2050 under a proposed rule unveiled Thursday by the state’s agriculture commissioner. The proposed rule is an outgrowth of a lengthy court battle involving dozens of young people who claim Florida is violating their constitutional rights by continuing to promote use of fossil fuels that drive climate change. Similar lawsuits have been filed in other states. The rule announced by Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democratic candidate for governor this year, came following pressure from young people represented by the nonprofit Our Children’s Trust...

Democrats quickly turned on one of their own — Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried — when she dared to celebrate her first mask-free flight. Fried shared a photo of herself smiling, maskless, onboard her first flight since the mask mandate for all domestic air travel was overturned just one day before. “Peace out to the TSA mask mandate, but also peace and respect to others, whether wearing a mask or not,” she captioned the photo. Fried was not alone in her desire to celebrate, either. Within hours of the mandate being lifted, dozens of videos from airports and even planes...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (TND) — A Democrat who is running to be the next governor of Florida is facing criticism after she openly compared the state's current Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., to Adolf Hitler. Appearing on NPR's Friday Roundup Podcast, Nikki Fried was asked by the show's co-host Melissa Ross to explain a tweet Fried had made in which she called DeSantis a "dictator". Ross questions Fried, hoping to clarify: “Are you comparing DeSantis to Hitler?” Ross asks. “In a lot of ways, yes,” Fried says in response. “I have studied Hitler and how he got to power, you know, wanting...

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Florida Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried (D) reacted to Gov. Ron DeSantis proposing the creation of the Florida State Guard, which previously existed in Florida and would make Florida the 23rd state in America to have an active state guard by stating that DeSantis is “an authoritarian dictator here in our state,” and that DeSantis is asking for unvaccinated people from New York to come to Florida, “and now he’s going to employ them here in the state of Florida.” Fried said, “This is horrifying…when you were going through all of...

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced Tuesday that six additional people have had concealed weapons licenses suspended because they were involved in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday announced his wife, Casey, is battling breast cancer, triggering a wave of leftist trolls to unleash hateful wishes and snarky remarks in response to the news. “I am saddened to report that Florida’s esteemed First Lady and my beloved wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer,” DeSantis said in a statement on Monday. “As the mother of three young children, Casey is the centerpiece of our family and has made an impact on the lives of countless Floridians through her initiatives as First Lady,” he continued. “As she faces the most difficult test...

Fried’s office oversees Florida’s licensing division, which issues the popular CWFLs. “I just suspended the concealed weapons permits of 22 people involved in the insurrection against the United States of America instigated by Donald Trump on January 6, 2021,” Fried said in a tweet Tuesday. (Editor’s note: Florida issues a weapons license, not a permit.) “The deeply disturbing events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6th were sedition, treason, and domestic terrorism – and those individuals involved in the insurrection must be held accountable for attempting to subvert our democratic process,” Fried said in a written statement. “Since...

Sometimes people just come out and say what we all know to be true, even if some still pretend otherwise. Nikki Fried, a Democratic politician who is running for Florida governor and hopes to challenge Republican Ron DeSantis, tweeted this on Thursday: “Ron DeSantis has Fox News, but we have everyone else. Florida will be blue in 2022.” There it is. “We have everyone else.” Here’s a screen shot of the tweet in case it gets deleted. Now, we at the Media Research Center’s NewsBusters have known this for a while, but it’s not often that a Democrat will just...

EMBARRASSING segment for @NikkiFried who says her biggest weakness is not having a national profile like @RonDeSantisFL . No surprise considering she clearly isn’t ready for prime time. @PoppyHarlowCNN takes her to task on Dem losses in FL statewide races & being wrong on COVID.

Nikki Fried Officially Running for Governor Against Ron DeSantisShe's finally in and we are off to the races.Javier Manjarres | June 1, 2021It’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...