By now, everyone has seen them. Congresswoman Val Demings, presenting a very real challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio, has released a pair of TV commercials that show she’s getting aggressive in this race.
The first ad positions the Democrat, a former Orlando police officer and chief from 2007 to 2011, as the law and order candidate. Demings walks across a timeline with photos of her 27-year law enforcement career and says she will fight against “bad ideas” like defunding the police.
“That’s just crazy,” she says, ending it with “It’s time to send a cop on the beat to the Senate.” Ladra knows a couple of Republican seniors who love it.
A second ad, which started to air in mid July, blasts Rubio on his abysmal attendance record. It, too, relies big on her law enforcement background.
So it’s only natural that when Team Rubio fights back, they attack that very thing: A new ad released by the senator’s campaign Tuesday — the first Rubio commercial of this election — features a parade of cops bashing Demings and calling her just another politician who has “turned her back on law enforcement,” one who agrees with Speaker Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time.
“Maybe she used to be a cop. But in Washington, she’s just another radical rubber stamp,” says the 30-second spot, paid for by the National Republican Senate Committee.
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According to published sources, however, Demings is spending more to get her message across than the incumbent. At least so far.
Demings has apparently spent $1 million while Rubio has made a commitment to spend about half that much on this ad. In fact, his total on ads this year doesn’t come to $1 mil while Demings has invested $11 million so far.
“For 27 years, I showed up every day to put dangerous criminals away, never knowing if I’d come home to my family,” Demings says in her second spot. “But Marco, you’ve got one of the worst attendance records in the Senate. When Florida needs you, you just don’t show up.”
Rubio’s attendance has been an issue before. According to PolitiFact, he has missed almost 10% of roll call votes. The average for a U.S. senator is not more than 3%. Of course, he missed most of those votes when he was campaigning for the presidential ticket in 2012 and 20`16.
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I was permanently done with Marco Rubio on the day he voted against confirmation of a USSC nominee from his hometown. It bothered me that he didn’t support a Miami girl.
Rubio has an easier path because of the usual political apathy .
I am not saying this applies to anyone here but for the most part it is true .
How can you avoid 18 to 35 year old Democrats in Florida ?
Go vote in a midterm election.
Please! Val is a joke! The law enforcement community never took her seriously. She was a terrible police officer and even worse as a Police Chief. Marco Rubio is one of the most competent politicians in Washington D.C. Marco is always well prepared and understands domestic and foreign issues. Marco Rubio will win this race in a land slide.
Florida has two idiots as Senators… Rubio and Scott. Florida is the butt of a million jokes…
Go Val. You are our hope to get a decent and honorable person back in the senate. Rubio is embarrassing to all Floridians.
Marco Rubio. Despicable 2.
We hope Val wins. Rubio has been an embarrassment to Florida.
Como le dice Raúl, marquito el del parquesito
Marco is also proud of the fact that he played ‘Candy Crush’ during Trump’s impeachment. He should have voted to impeach him, but sold his soul to extremists as soon as Trump became president, after correctly referring to him as unfit for office before 2016. So he supports a would-be dictator, a narcissist who tried to overthrow the government and treats a serious government process as a joke. The facts have only gotten more damning on Trump’s behavior on January 6th, and he still has Rubio’s support as he tours the country continuing to promote the ‘Big Lie’. He can no longer call himself an American patriot. True patriots don’t just wave flags, they and spout empty slogans like ‘she’s a radical leftist’… they think, pass legislation and show up. Marco is truly ‘little Marco’ now and it is time to go. I used to think he had potential. No more.
We need Rubio out!