2022 FL Governor's race: on Principles & Values
Annette Taddeo:
Father was kidnapped by a Marxist terrorist group
Senator Annette Taddeo has been a fighter all her life. She's had to be. As the daughter of an American WWII fighter pilot who gave her that true fighting spirit--She was taught to always believe and never give up! As a little girl and a teenager,
Annette underwent 19 major surgeries to correct a cleft lip. When she was 17, her father Anthony, was kidnapped by a Marxist terrorist group funded by the Cuban regime. She was forced to flee an unstable Colombia to the United States.
Source: 2022 Florida Governor campaign website AnnetteTaddeo.com
Apr 7, 2021
Brian Moore:
Keep God out of the public sphere
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Keep God in the public sphere"?A: I strongly oppose the merging of religion with government.ÿ As a practicing Catholic, and a former seminary student for five years in a Catholic Order (Franciscan)
I strongly believe there should be a clear and definite separation of church and state.ÿ Plus, we should respect the rights of all citizens in our country to have freedom of religion, whether Christian, Mormon, Muslim, Jewish,ÿ
Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race
Apr 14, 2022
Charlie Crist:
We need to stop the division and hate; bring state together
[Candidacy announcement]: "We need to stop the division and hate, bring our state together,"
Crist told several dozen supporters gathered under a blistering sun in South St. Petersburg. "You deserve jobs you can live on, housing you can afford and justice that's equal."
Source: The Tampa Bay Times on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race
May 4, 2021
Nikki Fried:
We can build a state that gives power back to you
Fried made the announcement in a video posted on Twitter where she attacks the Sunshine State's "rigged system" and pledges to take on a range of issues that include health care, education and marijuana legalization. "We can build a
state that gives power back to you," Fried said in the video. "Listen, this won't be easy. Those in power will do whatever harm it takes to stay there. But I have spent my whole life taking on the system. I am unafraid, I'm tested, I am ready."
Source: CNN.com on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race
Jun 1, 2021
Nikki Fried:
We've got to learn again how to respect one another
Fried called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to "tone down the rhetoric" as school board members shared stories of the increasing hostility they've faced since the controversy over mandatory student masks erupted at the top levels of state government. "We
all need to go back to the Torah and the Bible, you know, love thy neighbor," Fried said. "We've got to learn again how to respect one another and be able to have a dialogue that doesn't escalate into tension and anger and yelling and violent threats."
Source: Florida Politics blog on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race
Oct 26, 2021
Ron DeSantis:
Compels schools to have moment of silence for prayer
DeSantis visited a Jewish temple to denounce anti-Semitism and stand with Israel, as the governor cloaked himself in religion while signing a bill into law that would require public schools in his state to set aside at least one minute of silence for
children to meditate or pray. [It] makes Florida one of at least 15 states that would compel schools to hold moments of silence at public schools. The state had already been among roughly 18 other states that gave schools the option to do so.
Source: Associated Press on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race
Jun 14, 2021
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