{"id":1438691,"date":"2022-04-14T16:45:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438691"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:45:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:45:44","slug":"around-a-dozen-people-show-up-to-campaign-event-for-ron-desantis-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/around-a-dozen-people-show-up-to-campaign-event-for-ron-desantis-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Around a Dozen People Show Up to Campaign Event for Ron DeSantis Opponent"},"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\">26<\/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%2Faround-a-dozen-people-show-up-to-campaign-event-for-ron-desantis-opponent%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=1438691&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<p>Only about a dozen people showed up on Thursday to a campaign event for Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> investigation has found.<\/p>\n<p>Although an ABC affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliviaIversonTV\/status\/1514641341640228873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> 30 at the event in Pensacola, a photo analysis indicates the number was far lower. Video posted by the local outlet from the campaign event shows less than a dozen sitting to listen to Fried, and several of the people appear to be affiliated with the campaign or journalists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiFried?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NikkiFried<\/a> starts by addressing Gov. DeSantis signing off on the ban on abortions after 15-weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weartv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@weartv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sKCO70k1Jh\">pic.twitter.com\/sKCO70k1Jh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olivia Iverson (@OliviaIversonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliviaIversonTV\/status\/1514637633284096003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A zoomed out image from the reporter indicates a handful of attendees standing around the event. It is unclear how the reporter reached a count of thirty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can count around 30 people here at this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pensacola?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pensacola<\/a> event, not including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiFried?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NikkiFried<\/a>\u2019s staff. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/swzJrGDScG\">pic.twitter.com\/swzJrGDScG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olivia Iverson (@OliviaIversonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliviaIversonTV\/status\/1514641341640228873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fried, who launched her campaign in June 2021, has served as the state&#8217;s agricultural commissioner and is running in 2022 to unseat Republican governor Ron DeSantis, who she has criticized as &#8220;borderline fascist.&#8221; She also has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/florida-democrat-alleges-liberal-media-bias\/\">boasted<\/a> that a pervasive liberal bias in American media will help her campaign, even as she has alleged elections face a &#8220;rigged system in Florida.&#8221; This week, she compared DeSantis&#8217;s governorship to &#8220;Hitler on his rise to power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I said, very clearly, was that a lot of the actions that Ron DeSantis has been taking mirror some of the actions that were taken by Hitler on his rise to power,&#8221; Fried said on WPTV.<\/p>\n<p>A February poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/florida-governor-ron-desantis-beating-charlie-crist-nikki-fried-survey\/6789539001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a> more than half of voters back DeSantis for reelection. In the Democratic primary, 44 percent back Democratic frontrunner Charlie Crist. Just 27 percent back Fried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only about a dozen people showed up on Thursday to a campaign event for Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, a Washington Free Beacon investigation has found. 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