{"id":1653494,"date":"2022-09-22T13:19:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1653494"},"modified":"2022-09-22T13:20:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T17:20:12","slug":"top-florida-democrat-endorses-ron-desantis-says-too-much-is-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-florida-democrat-endorses-ron-desantis-says-too-much-is-on-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Florida Democrat Endorses Ron DeSantis, Says \u2018Too Much Is on the Line\u2019"},"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%2Ftop-florida-democrat-endorses-ron-desantis-says-too-much-is-on-the-line%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=1653494&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>A top Democrat in Palm Beach County, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-florida\">Florida<\/a>, endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis for governor by saying there is \u201ctoo much on the line\u201d during the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEndorsing Gov. @RonDeSantisFL was the obvious choice this election cycle. Gov. DeSantis\u2019 Dem opponent has called for reallocation of resources away from law enforcement. FL cannot afford people like Charlie Crist who wants to defund the police &#038; make our communities less safe,\u201d Dave Kerner, the commissioner of Palm Beach County as well as its former mayor, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidMKerner\/status\/1572663614959669248\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter this week.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is running against Democrat Charlie Crist, the former governor of Florida, in the state\u2019s gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>Kerner further stated that his endorsement was, in part, driven by Crist\u2019s comments that he plans to reallocate funds\u00a0to instead deploy mental health professionals to assist police on domestic violence calls. Republicans say that such a move would be akin to defunding the police\u2014a common refrain that was used during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and riots.<\/p>\n<p>He included a video of a press conference in which he spoke alongside DeSantis, giving the Republican governor his endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day until Nov. 8th, I will campaign for Gov. DeSantis, and on Nov. 8th, I will vote for Gov. DeSantis,\u201d Kerner said at the Police Benevolent Association in West Palm Beach.\u00a0\u201cI will not remain silent. There is too much on the line in this election,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also spoke at the event and targeted the Democrats\u2019 \u201canti-police movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are focused on protecting victims and not coddling criminals, and no one knows that better than Dave, who served Florida\u2019s communities. Commissioner Kerner knows first-hand the threat of the \u2018defund the police\u2019 movement and understands the important role that our local law enforcement officers play in keeping Florida safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Palm Beach County is the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Democrat in Palm Beach County, Florida, endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis for governor by saying there is \u201ctoo much on the line\u201d during the 2022 midterms. \u201cEndorsing Gov. @RonDeSantisFL was the obvious choice this election cycle. Gov. DeSantis\u2019 Dem opponent has called for reallocation of resources away from law enforcement. FL cannot afford people [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1653494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1653494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1653494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}