A.G. Gancarski
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried returned to Jacksonville Friday with an event on the Northside road-testing her Lower Costs, Higher Standards plan.
This proposal, which was rolled out weeks ago, would address cost of living issues for senior citizens.
The roundtable was a quick event, running roughly half an hour and including seven seniors, some of whom were related to each other. Fried’s campaign claimed they could have had more attendees had they wanted.
They focus-grouped issues ranging from affordability of medical co-pays to the need for reliable transport and senior activities, with Fried relating the issues to her own family.
“My mother and grandmother are on a cruise right now,” Fried said, in response to someone saying he wanted to be an active senior citizen.
Fried’s visit to Jacksonville comes as the race has essentially boiled down to a two-way contest between the Agriculture Commissioner and former Gov. Charlie Crist, who has amassed the lion’s share of endorsements and trumpeted seven-figure fundraising for the third straight month.
Sen. Annette Taddeo left the race to run for Congress.
While Crist has consolidated endorsements, exceeding 50% in some polling of the race even before the Taddeo exit, Fried has fought with Democrats.
A recent squabble with Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Crist supporter, embroiled her and a communications staffer. Fried also irked some Democrats by suing the Joe Biden administration for gun rights for medical cannabis patients.
Despite the light turnout, a lack of elected officials on hand in support, and other seeming warning signs for the campaign’s viability, Fried said that her campaign was “in this to win this.”
“The momentum is behind us. We’ve seen so many endorsements of the grassroots groups on the ground,” Fried said. “Because at the end of the day this is about the people.”
The elected officials’ lack of support, she said, mattered less than endorsements of these grassroots groups.
“Because, you know what, my priorities are not for elected officials’ endorsements. My priorities are with the people. And that’s what I continue to do. I show up for the people. I’m certainly not focused on endorsements from elected officials. I’m focused on getting the endorsement of individual people,” Fried said. “And that’s the momentum we are seeing all over the state of Florida.”
19 comments
Tick Tock
June 10, 2022 at 4:06 pm
Seniors realize they don’t have a lot of time of waste on losers.
Earl Pitts American
June 10, 2022 at 4:49 pm
Good Afternoon America,
Yawn – I’m going to refrain from making any further comments regarding anything the little chatter box Nikki Fried says or does no matter how outrageus or stupid she gets in the future.
Nikki is no longer relavant and my time is too valueable.
Thank You America,
Earl Pitts American
Ron DeSantis Sucks
June 10, 2022 at 5:48 pm
You’re going to love it when she become your next governor then.
Trump/DeSantis 2024
June 11, 2022 at 6:37 am
I think you’re confused. It was crackhead Gillum who did the sucking….
martin
June 10, 2022 at 5:23 pm
seniors realize that they don’t have a lot of time to waste, period.
Gov. Ron in a landslide. Then will see nikki fade into oblivion, and charlie go back into hiding for another four years.
Ron DeSantis Sucks
June 10, 2022 at 5:49 pm
I can’t wait to look at this comment in 5 months and laugh my ass off. DeSantis is going to lose, just like Trump did in 2020.
Impeach Biden
June 11, 2022 at 1:40 pm
Well you better start recruiting your miles then to harvest those ballots because like it or not DeSantis is extremely popular in Florida and people from all around the country like him as well. He will make an excellent CIC. Have you had enough of “incompetent” Biden yet? Looks like most of the country has.
EducatedRadneck
June 11, 2022 at 9:30 pm
And POTUS 45 is getting a LITTIE Bit Fed Up with DeSantis right now as well…
Straw polls and elective lives matter!
BOBv
June 12, 2022 at 4:44 pm
mules….
Tom
June 10, 2022 at 8:42 pm
Yes he defeats Fraud 54%
Chameleon 53.5%.
Fraud is clueless, chameleon will be spat out!
Tom is a Pedo
June 11, 2022 at 2:14 pm
Seniors would rather enjoy their last days, instead of voting for same old same old. Sounds like a lot of votes for Donald Peterson.
Tom
June 12, 2022 at 8:56 pm
You still sexting animals?
Stop the incest.
YYep
June 10, 2022 at 5:42 pm
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YYep
June 11, 2022 at 8:51 am
What she roll out you pay 3 times for your living expenses so you can give your retirement over to singerpore
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Tom
June 10, 2022 at 10:09 pm
Nobody for fraud!
Not even seniors, who have all sorts of time.
Except for Nikki.
What a disgraceful candidacy.
She could care less. Just trailer along.
Expect the very worst from her.
Tom is a Pedo
June 11, 2022 at 2:04 pm
I would rather vote for Donald Peterson
Tom
June 11, 2022 at 9:34 pm
Stop the incest.
Go back to animals.
Sick human.
Sorry
June 12, 2022 at 7:59 am
No nothing like that. Sorry Tom, shouldn’t have used that name. Can’t seem to edit/delete. Didn’t mean to be offensive. Please forgive?
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