Jacob Ogles
President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign told press that a court ruling upholding a six-week abortion ban puts Florida in play for 2024. But officials with the campaign also argued that, unlike Donald Trump, the Democratic ticket sees multiple paths for victory.
“We’re clear eyed about how hard it will be to win Florida,” said Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Biden’s Campaign Manager, “but we also know that Trump does not have it in the bag.”
Even before the court ruling, the Biden campaign announced a Florida leadership team for Florida. But the decision prompted a more aggressive tone from the campaign regarding the Sunshine State.
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld a statewide ban on most abortions 15 weeks into gestation and triggered a more restrictive six-week ban that goes into effect 30 days after the decision. Notably, the court also approved a proposed constitutional amendment for the November ballot that would largely restore abortion rights that existed under Roe v. Wade.
Within hours, Rodriguez distributed a memo to press calling the decision “Biden’s Opening in Florida.”
“This new, extreme abortion ban — one that Donald Trump personally paved the way for — will now amount to a ban for the entire Southeast,” Rodriguez wrote. “Women in need of reproductive care throughout the region now face a choice between putting their lives at risk or traveling hundreds or thousands of miles to get care.”
The following morning, the campaign announced a seven-figure ad buy on abortion in response to the Florida rulings. The 30-second ad, called “Trust,” starts with footage of Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, boasting that the Supreme Court Justices he appointed overturned the ruling that, until 2022, enshrined abortion rights for decades.
Then Biden appears on screen to say, “I’m running to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again.”
The campaign organized a press call on Tuesday, inviting Florida House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell to discuss how abortion policies already shifted the state’s political landscape. She noted that Democrats in a January Special Election flipped a state House seat blue after Democrat Tom Keen focused primarily on insurance and abortion.
“Donald Trump and MAGA extremists have deeply underestimated the power of women,” Driskell said. “We’ve seen them pay for it already at the ballot box across the country. Voters have resoundingly rejected their extremism. Americans want more freedom, not less.”
The campaign also referenced that U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican, is up for re-election.
Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has already made clear that she will hit Scott, a former Governor, for his support of the Florida law. The Biden campaign did not name Mucarsel-Powell or any Democratic challenger, but Rodriguez said Scott has “gone after” women’s reproductive rights.
Driskell noted that the last time a Democrat won the Presidential Election in Florida — Barack Obama in 2012 — an anti-abortion constitutional amendment appeared on the ballot the same day and was defeated.
Ultimately, Rodriguez said abortion rights will make Florida competitive in November, though she stopped short of saying the campaign considered it a must-win state.
“We definitely see Florida in play,” she said, “and unlike Donald Trump, we have multiple pathways to 270 that we’ve been able to keep open. As you’ve seen, we’ve been continuing to raise money at the clip that we need to have — you know, multiple investments throughout the country and in key states like Florida — unlike Donald Trump.”
34 comments
AL 305
April 2, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Zero chance period !! But hey good try gaslighting people as usual.
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 10:51 am
AL305, what do you know that the experts don’t know? are you a stable genius? who are YOU gaslighting ?
VD
April 2, 2024 at 3:28 pm
Biden doesn’t generate any excitement. Yes, his handlers get him all jacked up on Mountain Dew or speed. It works for a few minutes and then he crashes hard. Getting lost in stage, trying to shake hands with invisible people. Then his staff gets him an ice cream cone. Full blown cognitive decline.
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 10:54 am
vd, what medical school did you go to? you didn’t mention how you are qualified to make a medical statement like that. stanford, duke, where did you attend?
Sally B
April 7, 2024 at 12:23 am
Where were you educated to become among the “overly educated”, as opposed to the highly educated?
TL
April 2, 2024 at 4:14 pm
I wouldn’t vote for Trump for ant stomper.
Impeach Biden
April 2, 2024 at 7:00 pm
How many times does Joe need to fall getting on and off AF 1 to convince you he is not capable of four more years? Ka Mana is not a good backup.
Josh Green
April 2, 2024 at 11:07 pm
How many times does Donald Trump need to encourage Russia to attack our NATO allies to convince you he’s not capable of running a lemonade stand.
Trump is traitor. And so are you.
Impeach Biden
April 3, 2024 at 5:30 am
Okay Josh I’m all ears. Now when exactly did Russia attack Ukraine? Who was the President of the United States when this happened? Is Ukraine a member of NATO? It was Trump that called out NATO nations for not spending the appropriate amount of their GDP on defense. Maybe you should stick to the abortion and weed argument.
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 11:07 am
josh, you can’t explain anything of a complicated nature to “impeach biden” (peachy), he is an antagonist with no intellect so he is not up to your level. i liked your comment, but it was too deep for numb nuts peachy to mentally absorb. i don’t think the dudes database is broad enough to know anything of a complex nature. guys like him should listen and not speak, they never do.
Earl Pitts "THE NEW MAYOR OF REALVILLE" American
April 2, 2024 at 7:04 pm
Nobody speaks of The Trump Campaign …. its always Trump.
Everybody speaks of The 8iden Campaign ….. its never 8iden.
Yet another “SAGE REASON” to cast your vote for Trump.
Earl Pitts “THE BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT” American.
*FREE BUMPER STICKER*
*EARL SAYS: VOTE TRUMP*
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 11:14 am
earl, to answer your question/statement, biden has a campaign, but trump doesn’t have a real campaign. your giving trump way too much credit for having enough sense to listen to someone from a campaign. earl, why are you ALWAYS wrong? could it be that you also are too stupid to listen to others. you earl, are no stable genius like trump.
JD
April 2, 2024 at 8:56 pm
LOL the f@cking GOP overplayed their hand in FL at the state level and now they’re going to get thumped on come Roevember when a bunch of angry women are going to vote them out and the GenX wanting recreational weed enter retirement. And it’s going to be a prelude to the Blue Wave in 2026 when the state flips, because they will have 2 years to reverse the Red voter registration now that it’s got the National Democrats attention and money.
Hey Shitts, there’s some SAGE WISDOM for you.
Buh bye bye Felica.
Earl Pitts "THE NEW MAYOR OF REALVILLE" American
April 3, 2024 at 12:00 am
Leftist deranged dreams my Besty Lefty JD, which are not going to come true in Florida or the other 48 States. [Y’all will get the State of Dookafornia out there on the left coast only.] And last time I checked your people cant win the White House with just one State.
Yeah it will be rough on you and all my other Besty Leftys to endure the next 12+ years with a “Sage Patriot” in The White House.
But on the bright side y’all Dook 4 Brains Leftys will benifit from the Great Economey durring the next 12+ years and y’all Dooks wont have to be conscripted to go fight WWIII. So theres that to look forward to also.
Yeah all of us “SAGE PATRIOTS” will suffer with y’all’s B’itchin & Moaning for 12+ Straight years, JD, but my Besty Lefty thats a price all us Real American Sage Patriots are willing to pay as y’all were gonna b’itch & moan regardless of if there is an “R” or a “D” in The White House.
Thank you my Besty Lefty JD,
Earl Pitts “SAGE PATRIOT” American
*queue Annoyingly Loud USA USA USA Sage Patriotic Music to further whizz-off JD and my, Earl Pitts American’s Ginormas Fan Base of Besty Leftys wgo Love to Hate me, Earl Pitts “THE BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT” American*
*FREE BUMPER STICKER*
*ME & EARL SAY: “VOTE TRUMP”*
The above sticker will look great on your Subaru JD!!!
JD
April 3, 2024 at 9:00 am
LOL – you are pathetic Shitts. Lay off the bourbon before you kick the dog.
That headache between your eyes is that cognitive dissonance of knowing you are wrong and cannot accept it, It obviously caused your sphincter to relax to spew that word diarrhea.
It happens as you get old. I am sure some of those lovely old grand dames of the Villages can lend you some of their late husband’s Depends.
Enjoy the next 12 years of a Democratic WH, House, and Senate, along with the FL State getting flipped to purple and then blue in 2026. We will not enjoy your “(un)Sage Wisdom” and whining. Don’t Cry Harder. We’re all tired of it.
Earl Pitts "THE NEW MAYOR OF REALVILLE" American
April 3, 2024 at 6:46 pm
Good evening JD,
I, Earl Pitts American, have become concerned about my “Missing In Action” employee, Rick Whittaker. Its not like Rick to take time off without approval. I’m afarid he may have obtained a new job or needs my Sage Assistance.
Allthough its not uncomon for men like Rick who proclaim to be ever so viturous to fall off the wagon and check themselves into a hotel room to privatly drink to excess and pay H0ES for peverse acts of sexual debacharry for 2 or 3 weeks.
So, JD, if Rick fails to get his kinks out of his system in a couple of weeks I will be interested in hireing you to take Ricks place on my Sage Payroll.
Your job will entail following-up all my Golden Nuggs of Sage Wisdom with some “Wacky” Dook 4 Brains Leftist Contrarian Psyco-Babble posts cleverly designed to make ME, Earl Pitts American, appear to be even Nore Sage and Wise than I really am.
Thanks, JD, I, Earl Pitts American, knew you were right for this job.
Thanks again “New Employee” JD,
Earl Pitts “JD’s Sage Nrw Beloved Boss” American
JD
April 3, 2024 at 6:58 pm
Good evening.
In the immortal words of Johnny Paycheck and Robert Hayes, “Take This Job and Shove It” Shitts.
QUEUE UP THE PATRIOT JOHNNY PAYCHECK****
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 7:05 pm
WARNING DEMENTED TROLL COMMENT BY EARL SHITTS
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 12:13 pm
linwood, i tend to agree with you about the vote outcome. i also know how devious desantis is, so i guess we wait
Sally B
April 7, 2024 at 12:32 am
Diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of the brain … an incurable disease of the “overly educated”, as opposed to the highly educated. Besides, most every Floridian knows that Florida Politics is where all you out-of-state “overly educated” activist trolls hang out in your delusional fantasies of Florida becoming blue, tantamount to the delusion of Cuban Americans falling in love with the murderous legacy of Fidel Castro or other Bolsheviks.
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 12:20 pm
jd, i bet earl’s sphincter hurts every time he reads one of your post. even when the dems move in and drown out earl, he will still be a miserable POS. either way, people that are tired of earl and his drool will be winning when maga goes down the toilet.
Sally B
April 7, 2024 at 12:40 am
Are you a sodomite? I’m not judging you if you are. I’m libertarian as to your sexual orientation or in any consensual relationships between consenting adults, as opposed to activists who desire to expose children to pornography or other age-inappropriate material. I oftentimes cannot distinguish between the troll activists of the “overly educated” (in contrast to the highly educated) and the Trump Qanon weirdos. All pigs smell alike to me. LOL
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 11:23 am
jd, that earl creep gets bent out of shape when you school him. he sure needs schooling. he made a comment about lefties hating him, he wishes, to hate him would be to think that he is of importance enough to hate. what a POS . i share your rosy predictions for florida. a rubber band snaps back fast when stretched too far.
JD
April 4, 2024 at 4:28 pm
RW, I like the analogy “a rubber band snaps back fast when stretched too far.”
I just hope the rubber band of Florida doesn’t break.
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 7:17 pm
JD, my pendulum analogy is a little better for me. “when you push a pendulum way back further than it normally goes, it will surly swing back the opposite direction just as far, if not further with momentum “. the maga cult right sure did push the pendulum way too far to the right.
Sally B
April 7, 2024 at 12:43 am
Are you a sodomite? I’m not judging you if you are. I’m libertarian as to your sexual orientation or in any consensual relationships between consenting adults, as opposed to activists who desire to expose children to pornography or other age-inappropriate material. I oftentimes cannot distinguish between the troll activists of the “overly educated” (in contrast to the highly educated) and the Trump Qanon weirdos. All pigs smell alike to me. LOL
Linwood Wright
April 2, 2024 at 11:05 pm
With Legal Marijuana, Legal Abortion AND Trump on the ballot, the GOP is going to get stomped here. The left will be VERY energized to vote.
Earl Pitts "THE NEW MAYOR OF REALVILLE" American
April 3, 2024 at 6:53 pm
Linwood most of you Dook 4 Brains Leftys will be too “”ZONKED” of your “Skunk Weed” to even remember to vote.
EPA
Earl Pitts "THE NEW MAYOR OF REALVILLE" American
April 3, 2024 at 6:55 pm
So put that in your pipe and smoke it “DookWood” errr my bad Linwood.
EPA
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 12:24 pm
linwood, earl is so out of touch he thinks there is still a thing called “skunkweed”. he doesn’t know that term is 25 years old and not used anymore. earl shitts, what a loser.
Earl Pitts "THE NEW MAYOR OF REALVILLE" American
April 3, 2024 at 7:28 pm
Thanks, JD for accepting my, Earl Pitts “JD’s New Boss” American’s generous job offer. I know you are anxious to get started but we need to give Rick a chance to get his kinks out with the H0ES for a week or two before I can “Ondoard” you.
EPA
JD
April 4, 2024 at 4:32 pm
Like The Who that sang about “the new boss [being the] same as the old boss” which is a mindful homage to The Animal farm Shitts:
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
How’s it fee to be a pig Shitts?
Rick Whitaker
April 4, 2024 at 7:08 pm
CAUTION IDIOTIC TROLL COMMENT BY EARL SHITS
Sally B
April 7, 2024 at 12:44 am
Are you a sodomite? I’m not judging you if you are. I’m libertarian as to your sexual orientation or in any consensual relationships between consenting adults, as opposed to activists who desire to expose children to pornography or other age-inappropriate material. I oftentimes cannot distinguish between the troll activists of the “overly educated” (in contrast to the highly educated) and the Trump Qanon weirdos. All pigs smell alike to me. LOL
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