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Scott PowersJune 20, 2016

A new poll by the conservative pollster Rasmussen Reports finds Americans think the Orlando massacre is more about terrorism than guns. The survey found 57 percent of those polled consider the shooting primarily a terrorism issue, while 38 percent thought it was primarily a gun-control issue. However, even those who consider it a terrorism issue […]

Mitch PerryJune 20, 2016

Two new surveys of the race in Florida’s 13th Congressional District show the volatility of the just-formed match between Republican incumbent David Jolly and his Democratic challenger, Charlie Crist. A private poll conducted for the Crist campaign by Public Policy Polling survey shows Crist leading Jolly, 46 to 43 percent. Meanwhile, a new private poll by McLaughlin & Associates shows Jolly leading Crist 50 to 38 […]

Mitch PerryJune 17, 2016

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Marco Rubio says he will spend this weekend consulting with his family about running for again his U.S. Senate seat – and the Democratic Party appears more than ready to attack him if he does. The Democratic Senate Senatorial Campaign Committee released a digital ad that is a sneak preview of the assault they’re prepared to […]

Associated PressJune 16, 2016

President Barack Obama has concluded his meeting with survivors and the families of victims killed in Sunday’s nightclub shooting in Orlando. The president is visiting Orlando to express solidarity with the grief-stricken community. The White House says Obama and Vice President Joe Biden also met with the owners and staff of the Pulse nightclub who […]

Associated PressJune 16, 2016

Offering sympathy but no easy answers, President Barack Obama came Thursday to Orlando to try to console those mourning the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Air Force One touched down at midday in this grief-stricken community, where Obama planned to spend a few hours meeting in private with families of the 49 victims, […]

Associated PressJune 16, 2016

While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves his attack on a gay nightclub was generating. He searched for the terms “Pulse Orlando” and “Shooting,” according to a letter released by a Senate committee. The letter detailing Mateen’s Facebook […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2016

GOP Senate candidate Todd Wilcox says his campaign strategy won’t change a bit if Marco Rubio enters the contest for the seat he gave up over a year ago to run for president. “There’s currently a contrast between me and all the other candidates in this crowded field, and that contrast is as stark between me and them as it will […]

Scott PowersJune 13, 2016

After briefly expressing sympathy for and solidarity with the people of Orlando, Donald Trump used Sunday’s Pulse nightclub massacre as reason to double-down Monday on his desires to ban Muslim immigrants and broaden domestic intelligence gathering. In a speech at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire that was billed as an attack on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary […]

Associated PressJune 13, 2016

The gunman in the attack that killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub was inspired by extremist information over the internet, President Barack Obama said Monday, calling it an apparent example of “homegrown extremism” that U.S. officials have been worrying about for years. Obama, speaking in the Oval Office after meeting with the FBI director, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 13, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has requested President Barack Obama declare a state of emergency in Florida. In a letter to the president Monday, Scott asked the president to declare an emergency in Florida for the “horrific massacre committed by a terrorist in Orlando.” The governor said he asked for the state of emergency so the full […]

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Rasmussen poll: Orlando massacre a terrorist issue, not a gun matter

Two new polls show different results in David Jolly vs. Charlie Crist congressional race

DSCC hammers Marco Rubio in digital ad as he contemplates running again for his Senate seat

Obama concludes meeting with families of victims

Barack Obama offering sympathy but no easy answers in Orlando

Orlando gunman apparently searched Facebook during attack

Todd Wilcox kicks off his ‘Preserving Peace through Strength’ statewide tour in Tampa

Donald Trump says Orlando attack a reason to close borders, tighten intelligence

Obama says no signs Orlando shooter was part of larger plot

Rick Scott requests emergency declaration from Barack Obama after Orlando shooting