{"id":1118738,"date":"2021-12-14T16:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T21:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118738"},"modified":"2021-12-14T16:43:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T21:43:35","slug":"video-shows-dem-congresswoman-val-demings-applauding-notorious-left-wing-conspiracy-theorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-shows-dem-congresswoman-val-demings-applauding-notorious-left-wing-conspiracy-theorist\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Shows Dem Congresswoman Val Demings Applauding Notorious Left Wing Conspiracy Theorist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-shows-dem-congresswoman-val-demings-applauding-notorious-left-wing-conspiracy-theorist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"45.303282275711\">\n<p>Democratic Florida Rep. Val Demings applauded a former dashboard manager for the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) who made debunked claims that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis altered coronavirus data to make his COVID-19 response look better at an event in early December.<\/p>\n<p>Rebekah Jones, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/18\/woman-who-built-covid-19-dashboard-turns-herself-in-felony-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed that she was fired in May 2020<\/a> for refusing to manipulate data to cover up the severity of COVID-19 outbreaks, was then accused of hacking a government messaging system to tell employees to speak out about COVID-19 deaths. In a video, Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9AKLBRiXfxg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> on her Youtube page, she can be seen asking Demings a question, to which the Congresswoman applauds.<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by the Leadership Blue Democratic Black Caucus of Florida and took place on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, a woman who identifies herself as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/18\/woman-who-built-covid-19-dashboard-turns-herself-in-felony-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the whistleblower that accused DeSantis<\/a> of skewing COVID-19 statistics, introduces herself in the video and Demings claps for her. Jones asks Demings what she will do to protect \u201cscientific whistleblowers.\u201d Jones is currently running for Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Demings, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/val-demings-marco-rubio-senate-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">running for Senate<\/a>, responded by saying: \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be a sad day if we need to pass a law that says, \u2018one plus one equals two\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demings later says: \u201cWe should be electing people who believe in science.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/01\/15\/nancy-pelosi-managers-impeachment-whistleblower-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Nearly All Of Pelosi\u2019s Impeachment Managers Supported Impeachment Before Whistleblower Complaint Was Filed)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Val Demings Claps For Rebekah Jones\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lAewZy7tTWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rebekah Jones &amp; Val Demings at Florida Democratic Party&#039;s #LeadershupBlue conference, Dec. 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9AKLBRiXfxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Law Enforcement obtained a warrant and searched Jones\u2019 home in December. Jones was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/18\/woman-who-built-covid-19-dashboard-turns-herself-in-felony-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charged<\/a> with a third-degree felony for using the state\u2019s emergency alert system to send an unauthorized message. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/val-demings-marco-rubio-senate-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Val Demings Announces Candidacy For Florida Senate Race Against Marco Rubio)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fact-checkers investigated Jones\u2019 claims on rigging the books on COVID-19 they discovered no significant issues with Florida\u2019s reported data, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/31\/actually-data-dont-suggest-anything-unusual-about-floridas-excess-death-toll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFLA\/status\/1263149196300955649?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters<\/a> that Jones is \u201cnot a data scientist\u201d and said that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/covid-19-conspiracy-theorist-rebekah-jones-suspended-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she was putting false data<\/a> on the coronavirus portal.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller reached out to Demings\u2019 office about her applause for Jones and if she would be supporting her bid for Congress, to which they did not immediately respond. Demings is running against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for his Senate seat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Florida Rep. Val Demings applauded a former dashboard manager for the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) who made debunked claims that Republican Gov. 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