2022 FL Governor's race: on Civil Rights


Annette Taddeo: State must value everyone no matter their sexual orientation

[On sexual orientation]: "This is going to endanger the safety of our LGBTQ students and adolescents," Sen. Annette Taddeo said. "We will not stop until this state moves forward and actually values everyone in it, everyone no matter their sexual orientation."
Source: NBC News on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Mar 8, 2022

Nikki Fried: Banning transgender kids in sports is peddling hate

Fried went after DeSantis for signing a law prohibiting transgender girls from competing in girls' sports in public schools. "By signing a heartless ban on transgender kids in sports, @GovRonDeSantis is marginalizing an entire community. Signing it on the first day of #Pride2021 is especially cruel. Florida should stand for inclusivity, equality, and liberty--not peddling hate for political points," she wrote on Twitter.
Source: Fox News on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Jun 2, 2021

Nikki Fried: Updated personnel policies to ban LGBTQ discrimination

Fried has said she is a proud supporter of LGBTQ rights and that she will do everything in her power to stop hateful agendas. Shortly after getting elected, Equality Florida applauded Fried for updating her agency's personnel policies to include nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Fried also established the position of LGBTQ Consumer Advocate within the Florida Department of Ag and Consumer Services.
Source: WPTV Palm Beach NBC-5 on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Jul 2, 2021

Val Demings: To cops after George Floyd:"What in the hell are you doing?"

National Democrats leaned on Demings following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than 8 minutes. Her unique background as a Black woman and a former police chief gave her credibility to address the national unrest in ways few could. She channeled her angst into a provocative Washington Post op-ed that asked her former police colleagues: "What in the hell are you doing?"

Demings believes her experiences allow her to see many sides of the debate over the future of policing in America. She grew up in Jacksonville where she recalled being called the N-word as a four-year-old girl. She attended segregated schools. She was a social worker before joining the Orlando Police Department at age 26. After graduating from the police academy, she walked the streets of the city's Black neighborhoods on patrol as she rose up the ranks. She was named police chief in 2007, the first Black female to hold the job.

Source: The Tampa Bay Times on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Dec 29, 2020

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Candidates and political leaders on Civil Rights:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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