A.G. Gancarski
An estimated 400 people attended a Tampa rally on behalf of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the latest evidence that Florida Democrats are taking the Presidential Election seriously.
Rally speakers underscored “the urgency of protecting reproductive freedoms in the face of Donald Trump and his MAGA allies’ extreme Project 2025 agenda.”
“For the past several years, we’ve witnessed Trump and his MAGA allies trying to take away our freedoms and suppress our stories. But let me tell you what I know — women know what it is to fight suppression. And as we’ve done before, we will roll up our sleeves and get to work,” said House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell.
“Freedom is on the ballot this November, and women all across Florida are organizing to help elect Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States,” Driskell added. “Kamala Harris has our back and the women of Florida have hers!”
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor was likewise emphatic at the weekend rally, saying “Harris has got the focus on our economy and our freedoms.”
“She is watching out for us and for the issues that matter to everyday Americans. Kamala is going to get to work and lead this country to make sure that we remain the country of the free and the brave. We’ve got to make sure we put Vice President Kamala Harris in that White House come November.”
Harris herself doesn’t have a rally planned for the state, but Walz and she are expected to have a fundraiser in Florida in the coming days.
Republicans such as U.S. Sen. Rick Scott have claimed there is “zero energy” for Harris in the state, and that she couldn’t attract “200 people” to a rally. While Harris isn’t planning an event like that in Florida at this writing as far as we know, the race is close according to surveys.
The best polling for the Republicans comes from Associated Industries of Florida (AIF), which shows Trump up 52% to 44% over Harris, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 3% in a three-way race. This was taken before RFK endorsed Trump Friday.
Some surveys are closer, meanwhile, including one from Florida Atlantic University’s PolCom Lab that shows Trump leading Harris, 50% to 47%. A USA Today/Suffolk University/WSVN-TV phone poll of 500 likely voters conducted between Aug. 7 and Aug. 11 shows Trump ahead of Harris, 47% to 42%, with 5% backing Kennedy and 5% undecided.
11 comments
Rbruce
August 26, 2024 at 12:41 pm
Freedom to live is on the ballot. Dems want to kill as many people as they can without restrictions. Ghoulish.
Jojo
August 26, 2024 at 12:50 pm
Really? And exactly what do you call it when a policy that allows for the proliferation of AR type weapons kills children, women, men?
Yrral
August 26, 2024 at 2:45 pm
Trump is supporting Reproductive Rights now since he sinking like a stone in the election Google Trump Reproduction Rights
Rick Whitaker
August 26, 2024 at 3:50 pm
RBRUCE, you should be ashamed of telling a bald-faced lie like that. dems are good and smart and maga is bad and stupid. you don’t get it do you?
Nobody home
August 26, 2024 at 2:36 pm
If Democrats should get whatever they are asking on abortion, they’d have nothing left to run on. Let’s get real: neither side wants the issue to go away. How else would they fundraise and stir the plebeian masses?
Cassandra was right
August 26, 2024 at 2:54 pm
It’s the woman’s body. It’s the woman’s choice. Doesn’t matter what party. Vote YES on 4
Vote for FREEDOM!
Vote for HARRIS!
Yrral
August 27, 2024 at 7:42 am
Why Trump Hates Women can be summed up with his relationship with his mother ,the reason he hates his niece,she has the same first name as his mother Google Trump Relationship With His Mother
Day 35
August 26, 2024 at 3:23 pm
Women have reproductive rights. Some just don’t use them. Why this is an issue in this day and age with all sorts of contraception for both males and females is beyond me. Then again what else do the Demos have to campaign on. Where is Kammy’s plans? What does she really stand for? Will the real Kammy Harris please stand up
Yrral
August 27, 2024 at 6:42 am
Freedom from being molested by Trump,any woman that been a victim of sexual abuse and support Trump,only legitimize the crime of Trump rape
MH/Duuuval
August 28, 2024 at 10:11 pm
day late, dollar short = tedious
So much freedom
August 26, 2024 at 7:22 pm
Freedom from responsibility, freedom from accountability, freedom from consequences, freedom from having to worry about other people, freedom to censor and thought police and attack others, freedom from a free and independent press, freedom from free speech, freedom from having to think for oneself, freedom to label and divide and condemn with hate speech, freedom to perpetuate hate crimes and act like bigots and hypocrites while screeching about personal rights and autonomy, freedom to not work but rob others who do while accusing of “privilege” (yes it’s my privilege to work 100 hours a week and every single day just to tread water so my taxes can support you and your “freedoms”). SO MANY freedoms we already have. Guess what. We can all pretty much have and do anything we want. What some people seem to really need is to pretend to be victims. It’s getting old. There are so so so many options available already even now. The people who put in the ridiculous 6 week ban can and will be voted out of office. But most people fall somewhere in the middle with common sense views and extremes don’t work. In the mean time, we’re all tired of it. So tired of it.
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