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Scott PowersJune 18, 2018

A new Quinnipiac University poll finds Republican voters strongly back the immigrant children separation issue, while every other political persuasion and demographic group in the survey oppose it. The poll, released Monday afternoon, states that Republican voters, by 55-35 percent, support the policy of President Donald Trump of prosecuting parents immediately even if it means […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2018

On Monday, criticism of President Donald Trump‘s policy of migrant family separation at the Mexican border poured in, finally, from Republicans. The policy involves warehousing immigrant children in former Walmarts and other holding areas. Tent cities for overflow have been proposed. In the last six weeks, 2,000 migrant children — at least — have been separated from their families, with […]

Scott PowersJune 18, 2018

In a statement released by his U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Gov. Rick Scott insisted that he continues to support the requirement that health insurers not discriminate against people with pre-existing medical conditions. The statement puts Scott at odds with the apparent strategy of President Donald Trump, whose Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated in recent court […]

Drew WilsonJune 18, 2018

A new poll of the Attorney General race shows Tampa Democratic Rep. Sean Shaw leading his top Republican rivals in a head-to-head matchup. According to an online poll commissioned by the campaign and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research, Shaw currently leads former Circuit Judge Ashley Moody by five points, 41-36 percent, and Pensacola-area state […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2018

In Jacksonville Saturday, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam took a question from this outlet similar to one Gov. Rick Scott answered a day earlier. Namely, the Republican gubernatorial candidate was asked if he stood behind the Donald Trump administration policy of separating migrant children from their parents, placing those children in holding facilities and possibly (if plans come to fruition) tent cities. Widely reported […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 16, 2018

Jeff Greene, a billionaire developer from Palm Beach and the newest Democratic option for Governor, is using the upcoming Father’s Day holiday to call for an end to the Donald Trump administration’s practice of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. In a statement Saturday, Greene said the policies are “inhumane.” He framed […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2018

In Jacksonville Friday to locally promote his endorsements from 55 Florida Sheriffs, rolled out days before in media release form, U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Rick Scott was compelled to address other issues as well related to the ongoing quest by his “partner in the White House,” Donald J. Trump, to “Make America Great Again.” Among this week’s […]

Drew WilsonJune 15, 2018

Ballard Partners inked lobbying deals with a pair of new principals this week as it continues to expand its operations in the District of Columbia. The firm headed up by Brian Ballard is now representing Deerfield Beach-based health technology company Sentry Data Systems and Egyptian car importer ARTOC Auto. Sentry Data Systems bills itself as […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2018

The bizarre meta-narrative in the Democratic primary campaign in Florida’s 5th Congressional District continued Wednesday, with the incumbent’s campaign manager retweeting a singularly unpopular figure with Florida Democrats. Rep. Al Lawson‘s campaign manager Phillip Singleton RT’d President Donald Trump‘s rumination on petroleum prices: “Oil prices are too high, OPEC is at it again. Not good!” For the Lawson […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 13, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott made his way through his first Cabinet meeting as a candidate for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, and while the meeting focused exclusively on state matters, the questions that followed from reporters unsurprisingly centered on federal issues. Scott is leading his Democratic opponent, incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, in a few early […]

Tag: Donald Trump

Q Poll: Republicans support separating immigrant children; no other group does

Jeb Bush decries ‘heartless’ migrant family separation policy, highlights split between GOP electeds

Rick Scott rebuts charges that he’d favor removal of pre-existing conditions coverage

Poll: Sean Shaw leads Ashley Moody, Frank White in Attorney General race

Adam Putnam thinks ‘secure borders’ would stop federal internment of migrant kids

Jeff Greene: Father’s Day is a reminder of ‘inhumane’ immigration policies

Rick Scott says tent cities housing immigrant children are a ‘disturbing’ byproduct of ‘messed-up immigration system’

Ballard Partners signs Sentry Data Systems and ARTOC Auto

Donald Trump trouble again for Al Lawson campaign, as manager RTs the President

Rick Scott talks pot, Donald Trump