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Scott PowersMarch 27, 2017

The anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre is being declared as “Orlando United Day – A Day of Love and Kindness and will feature several memorial and commemorative events around Orlando and a call for all to join in acts of love and kindness. The city and Orange County jointly announced Monday that the first […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

The national Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund is going up with digital video commercials in Florida to support several gay candidates for Florida House seats and attack their Republican opponents for voting with the gun lobby. The 30-second commercials begin by pegging onto the June 12 mass murder at Orlando’s popular gay nightclub Pulse, saying […]

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2016

The Pride Fund — a political action group tying gay rights and gun control inspired by the June 12 Pulse nightclub massacre — is planning a press conference in Orlando Wednesday with Democrats Patrick Murphy, Chris Murphy, and Val Demings. U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, taking on incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marco […]

Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

A fairly new organization combining gay rights and gun law concerns that was inspired into existence by the June 12 Pulse massacre in Orlando, the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence PAC, has endorsed Linda Stewart, Beth Tuura and Carlos Guillermo Smith in state races. All the endorsements have gone to Democrats. Stewart is running for […]

Scott PowersSeptember 22, 2016

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona and her husband former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly plan to kick off a 13-state tour in Orlando next week to push for gun law reforms. Giffords, critically injured and nearly killed in a 2011 shooting rampage in Tuscon, Ariz., and Kelly, a retired Navy captain who was commander […]

Scott PowersSeptember 15, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is introducing another bill aimed at preventing suspected terrorists from buying weapons, this time with a 10-year look-back provision on anyone who had previously been investigated. The bill, dubbed the Terror Intelligence Improvement Act, would require federal agencies to coordinate efforts so anyone investigated for terrorism by any federal agency in the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2016

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“The Pride Fund to End Gun Violence” — a political action committee created as a response to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub massacre — announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday and that a Pride Fund leader would meet with her in Tampa. Pride Fund Executive Director Jason Lindsay will meet with Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, during her Tampa stop. After […]

Scott PowersAugust 25, 2016

The newly formed Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, a grassroots response to the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre, has endorsed Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The endorsement is the first for the fund, organized earlier this month to support candidates who support both the LGBT community and gun reforms. “We are here […]

Scott PowersAugust 22, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Susannah Randolph is firing away at both the National Rifle Association and Democratic primary opponent state Sen. Darren Soto over his once-high rating with the NRA in a new TV commercial in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. The 30-second commercial, “Rating,” debuts Monday. It also takes the Pulse nightclub massacre deep into Orlando congressional politics by starting […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2016

Democratic Florida House candidate Beth Tuura blasted her primary opponent Henry Lim Wednesday following reports he had been arrested last year for carrying a loaded gun into a federal building. On Monday Lim, an Orlando-based immigration lawyer, acknowledged to FloridaPolitics.com that he had forgotten he was carrying a Beretta .32-caliber handgun in his briefcase when […]

Tag: Orlando massacre

Pulse anniversary memorials set; Orlando calling for ‘acts of love and kindness’

Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund internet videos to support LGBT state candidates; pushes gun issues

Pride Fund, Val Demings, Patrick Murphy bring gun control pitch to Orlando

Pride Fund endorses Linda Stewart, Beth Tuura and Carlos Guillermo Smith in state races

Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, to kick off anti-gun tour in Orlando

Marco Rubio introducing bill to stop gun purchases by suspected terrorists

Pride Fund endorses Hillary Clinton

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence endorses Stephanie Murphy in CD 7

In new TV commercial Susannah Randolph fires away at Darren Soto over NRA support

In HD 47 race, Beth Tuura blasts Henry Lim for gun incident