{"id":1236016,"date":"2022-01-24T16:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T21:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1236016"},"modified":"2022-01-24T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T21:09:09","slug":"bipartisan-group-of-55-florida-sheriffs-endorse-marco-rubios-senate-reelection-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-group-of-55-florida-sheriffs-endorse-marco-rubios-senate-reelection-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Group of 55 Florida Sheriffs Endorse Marco Rubio&#039;s Senate Reelection Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fbipartisan-group-of-55-florida-sheriffs-endorse-marco-rubios-senate-reelection-bid%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=1236016&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--><p class=\"subheading\">JACKSONVILLE, Florida \u2014 A bipartisan group of 55 Florida sheriffs endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in his Senate reelection campaign for governor on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from the&nbsp;Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront and flanked by several law enforcement officers, Rubio drew a sharp distinction between himself and his potential Democrat challenger Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), who served as the&nbsp;chief of the Orlando Police&nbsp;Department from 2007-2011, serving in law enforcement for 27 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a lawmaker, which means we pass laws. But then someone has to go out and enforce these laws. Someone has to go out and be the face of these laws and make them apply to the real world,\u201d he began, pointing to the irony of his Democrat colleagues who pass these laws \u201cthen go home and criticize the people trying to enforce the laws they pass,\u201d thereby injecting what the senator dubbed the \u201cspirit of lawlessness\u201d into society.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19608882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marco-Rubio-1-Campaign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19608882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marco-Rubio-1-Campaign.jpg\" alt=\"Marco Rubio Campaign\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Marco Rubio Campaign<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rubio pointed to the massive crime wave, as well as the increase of the number of attacks on law enforcement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m not just talking about shootouts at a traffic stop on someone who\u2019s wanted on a warrant. I\u2019m talking about ambushes. \u2026 because when you inject the spirit lawlessness in culture into society, you embolden the lawless,\u201d Rubio said, noting that the men and women standing behind him have to respond to those calls.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida senator said it is \u201cespecially sickening\u201d when people who should know better support lawlessness, including \u201cChuck Schumer\u2019s hand-picked candidate for U.S. Senate Val Demings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe should know better. It\u2019s even worse when someone who should know better decides to align themselves with this effort to call into question work law enforcement\u2019s doing,\u201d he said, noting that she \u201copposes\u201d deporting illegal aliens after they commit crimes in the country as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s inexplicable,\u201d he said before criticizing cities and jurisdictions across the country that have opted to decriminalize certain behaviors such as theft under a certain amount of money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you think is going to happen when you tell people we aren\u2019t going to arrest you if you do something. They\u2019re going to do it,\u201d he said, noting that Floridians are blessed to live in a state that is doing better in this regard because it does not have a governor or legislature that has gone \u201ccompletely crazy.\u201d He said there are plenty of people who would love to see Florida become California or New York \u201cor some of these other places that have lost their mind and become deranged.\u201d He said as long as he is senator, he will fight against that.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19608810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marco-Rubio-2-Campaign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19608810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marco-Rubio-2-Campaign.jpg\" alt=\"Marco Rubio 2 Campaign\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Marco Rubio Campaign<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overall, however, he said the endorsement \u201cspeaks to more than just politics. It speaks to the direction of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polk County Sheriff&nbsp;Grady Judd, one of the dozens of sheriffs endorsing Rubio, spoke at the press conference and drew a stark contrast between the situation in Florida and areas led by Democrat politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want you to look around the nation. Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Baltimore, Chicago, Washington, DC, Wisconsin. You didn\u2019t see peaceful protests when they were burning buildings and smashing cars and injuring people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you saw was lawlessness. Now, quite frankly, the reason those things occur in those communities is because of the rule makers. They allow that. It\u2019s because of the community They allow that. Senator Rubio in this state has said no,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The 55 sheriffs endorsing Rubio include:<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Scotty Rhoden, Baker County<br \/>Sheriff Tommy Ford, Bay County<br \/>Sheriff Gordon Smith, Bradford County<br \/>Sheriff Wayne Ivey, Brevard County<br \/>Sheriff Glenn Kimbrel, Calhoun County<br \/>Sheriff Bill Prummell, Charlotte County<br \/>Sheriff Mike Prendergast, Citrus County<br \/>Sheriff Michelle Cook, Clay County<br \/>Sheriff Kevin Rambosk, Collier County<br \/>Sheriff Mark Hunter, Columbia County<br \/>Sheriff James Potter, DeSoto County<br \/>Sheriff Darby Butler, Dixie County<br \/>Sheriff Mike Williams, Duval County<br \/>Sheriff Chip Simmons, Escambia County<br \/>Sheriff Rick Staly, Flagler County<br \/>Sheriff Bobby Shultz, Gilchrist County<br \/>Sheriff David Hardin, Glades County<br \/>Sheriff Mike Harrison, Gulf County<br \/>Sheriff J. Harrell Reid, Hamilton County<br \/>Sheriff Vent Crawford, Hardee County<br \/>Sheriff Stephen Whidden, Hendry County<br \/>Sheriff Al Nienhuis, Hernando County<br \/>Sheriff Paul Blackman, Highlands County<br \/>Sheriff Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County<br \/>Sheriff John Tate, Holmes County<br \/>Sheriff Eric Flowers, Indian River County<br \/>Sheriff Donald Edenfield, Jackson County<br \/>Sheriff Mac McNeill, Jefferson County<br \/>Sheriff Peyton Grinnell, Lake County<br \/>Sheriff Carmine Marceno, Lee County<br \/>Sheriff Bobby McCallum, Levy County<br \/>Sheriff Buddy Money, Liberty County<br \/>Sheriff David Harper, Madison County<br \/>Sheriff Charles Wells, Manatee County<br \/>Sheriff Billy Woods, Marion County<br \/>Sheriff William Snyder, Martin County<br \/>Sheriff Bill Leeper, Nassau County<br \/>Sheriff Eric Aden, Okaloosa County<br \/>Sheriff Noel Stephen, Okeechobee County<br \/>Sheriff Chris Nocco, Pasco County<br \/>Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Pinellas County<br \/>Sheriff Grady Judd, Polk County<br \/>Sheriff Gator DeLoach, Putnam County<br \/>Sheriff Robert Johnson, Santa Rosa County<br \/>Sheriff Kurt Hoffman, Sarasota County<br \/>Sheriff Dennis Lemma, Seminole County<br \/>Sheriff Robert Hardwick, St. Johns County<br \/>Sheriff Bill Farmer, Sumter County<br \/>Sheriff Sam St. John, Suwannee County<br \/>Sheriff Wayne Padgett, Taylor County<br \/>Sheriff Brad Whitehead, Union County<br \/>Sheriff Mike Chitwood, Volusia County<br \/>Sheriff Jared Miller, Wakulla County<br \/>Sheriff Mike Adkinson, Walton County<br \/>Sheriff Kevin Crews, Washington County<\/p>\n<p>Rubio\u2019s endorsement comes as Demings\u2019 far-left colleagues continue to flirt with the Defund the Police movement as crime soars across the country. The current RealClearPolitics average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/fl\/florida-senate-rubio-vs-demings-7382.html\">shows<\/a> Rubio leading Demings by nine percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Florida \u2014 A bipartisan group of 55 Florida sheriffs endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in his Senate reelection campaign for governor on Monday. 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