A.G. Gancarski
The likely Democratic nominee in this year’s Senate race is counting on support from women in her November clash with incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott.
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s “Women for Debbie” group launched on a Zoom call with press, with advocates from various levels of government singing her praises and the candidate lauding her backers as “breaking barrier after barrier, defying societal norms.”
Mucarsel-Powell added that she would “stand beside these women in solidarity fighting for our freedom.”
U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel predicted that the Democrat was going to be the “sleeper win” of the election, painting Scott as an opponent on issues that matter to women.
“He’s a no on access to reproductive freedom because he’s no on abortion. He’s a no on IVF. All these things that he’s had an opportunity to vote for, he’s been a no,” Frankel said.
State Rep. Marie Woodson delivered a personal testimonial.
“This is a woman that I have known for a long time. And when she tells you something, you better take it to the bank because she walks the walk and talks the talk,” the South Florida legislator commented.
During her time in Congress, she proved herself to be a great leader, a consensus leader, someone who truly cares about everyone. Up to this day, my daughter is calling her auntie Debbie because of the way she took care of her when she was in D.C.”
Miami Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins offered similar remarks, saying Mucarsel-Powell “cares about each and every one of us as an individual.”
“She will fight for us as girls, she will fight for us as women and she will fight for those of us that are women in elected office that are trying to make sure that Florida is green and clean and has an ability to move around with transportation. This is the total package we have in making sure that we deliver Debbie Mucarsel Powell to the Senate,” Higgins added.
Mucarsel-Powell seeks to win despite Republicans outnumbering Democrats by roughly 1 million voters in the state.
Her fundraising has demonstrated some strength, with nearly $5 million raised in Q2 2024. In this context, it’s likely that Scott taps into his own personal wealth, as he did when he spent more than $63 million in his first Senate race in 2018 and $75 million in his 2010 Governor’s race.
Polling of a potential race between Mucarsel-Powell and Scott has been all over the place.
In a survey released by Florida Atlantic University, she’s just 2 points back among likely voters, 45% to 43%.
That June poll presented a marked contrast to a previous poll by the same outfit that showed a 16-point race, and with a Florida Chamber of Commerce poll that showed a 15-point gap earlier this Summer.
14 comments
rbruce
August 2, 2024 at 12:11 pm
Ms. Powell is running a sexist death cult campaign. She support the killing of babies through elective abortions.
Ninety Three
August 2, 2024 at 12:17 pm
Identity politics. Taking a page from Ka Mana. So much for unconscious bias. Vote for me because I am: fill in the blanks
Black
Female
Gay
LGBTQ
etc,etc.
So much for actual qualifications.
MH/Duuuval
August 2, 2024 at 1:10 pm
Why is DJT running scared from a debate — she ought to be easy pickings, right?
Ima Person
August 5, 2024 at 1:31 pm
Just white men need apply, huh? You are a misogynistic racist idiot! Give it up LOSER!
Frankie M.
August 2, 2024 at 12:29 pm
Wait I thought Kamala wasn’t black til recently even though she went to Howard & pledged a black sorority? How’s it any different than vote for me because I’m a rich white nationalist who made his fortune by cheating people.
Ninety Three
August 2, 2024 at 12:37 pm
Kammy is whatever you want her to be. Will she have a press conference? Will she do an interview with a news network? Come on Kammy, tell us where you really stand on the issues. We have read and seen all the comments from the past but evidently you are reformatting yourself.
Ima Person
August 5, 2024 at 1:34 pm
Kammy?
Seriously what is wrong with you other than being an ignorant woman-hating racist?
rick whitaker
August 5, 2024 at 3:11 pm
IMA PERSON, howler monkey or 93 that she now calls herself, is a very foul person in every way. she has exposed herself to too many lies and now don’t know right from left.
rick whitaker
August 5, 2024 at 3:21 pm
as frank zappa would say, suzie, suzie creamcheese, what’s got into you?
MH/Duuuval
August 2, 2024 at 1:02 pm
It’s called moving to the center for a general election, which Trump is unable to do — picking Vance, for example — and will be unlikely to win the popular vote.
Kamala has been hitting MAGA boy on reproductive freedom, which is an issue of maximum concern to a majority of voters.
Claiming to be for women’s rights is an impossible quest for MAGAs as MAGA actions here speak louder than MAGA words.
Ninety Three
August 2, 2024 at 1:37 pm
I could argue that women have reproductive rights now. Some just choose not to use them.
MH/Duuuval
August 2, 2024 at 4:48 pm
This is an absurd comment, but feel free to make it and see how it flies with women.
Women don’t have full civil rights in the US as there are there are places in the US where MAGAs have circumscribed reproductive rights.
What sort of “choice” is it that one has to leave the state to exercise some of those rights?
(By your lights, Russians and Chinese citizens have full civil rights — as long as they leave the country.)
MH/Duuuval
August 3, 2024 at 10:35 pm
Guess it didn’t fly.
Ima Person
August 5, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Dude has no brains. 93 years old with advanced dementia is my guess. Poor maggot!
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