Florida Democratic Rep. Val Demings, who is seeking to remove incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio, did not say during Tuesday’s televised debate whether he would accept the results of the Florida Senate election.
When Rick Christie, executive director of the Palm Beach Post, a panelist at the debate, asked Demings whether he would accept the 2022 election results, he offered no clear answer. and she told a story about how she fought.My father valued the vote.
“Let me start here if you don’t mind. The maid mother and the janitor worked hard for a long time, but I can’t remember a time when they didn’t vote,” she said. “If my car didn’t work, they paid someone a few bucks to drive me to the polls. Why on earth are we going to stop them from voting? Our democracy allowed us to vote, great no, it’s not perfect, but it’s what allows our government system to be here tonight.”
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“We must do everything in our power to protect the Constitution, protect the rule of law, protect democracy, protect the right to vote for each Republican, Democrat, and independent. That’s me. I will defend, serve, and defend the Constitution for all people, not just those who look like me or the richest of the rich. I swore
“First of all, my father was a bartender, so I don’t know who the rich guys are…and my mother was a janitor, so we have something in common,” Rubio replied. But I have never denied an election, unlike Stacey Abrams in Georgia who denied an election, I have never denied an election, I think Florida has great election laws. But I think elections need rules. Rep. Demings backed federal election hijacking. What would that look like? We can’t ask for ID. You have every right to have it, but can’t you ask for it when they vote?”
Rubio defended Florida’s election law, saying it was “a rule that gives people confidence that their vote matters and that their vote matters.”
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Asked the same question, Rubio said he “absolutely” supports the outcome of the election because of Florida’s “great” election law.
“Of course I will win,” said Rubio. “I look forward to supporting it, but whatever the outcome, I will support it because Florida has good laws. Like Pennsylvania and other places.” It’s not some crazy law.”
The debate was held at Palm Beach State University’s Lake Worth Campus.
according to voter candidate ballot A survey conducted by Spectrum News/Siena College in September shows Rubio leading Demings by 48% to 41%.
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Fox News Power Rankings describes the Florida Senate election as “lean Republican.”
Rubio and Demings will face off at Sunshine State on November 8th. midterm elections.