{"id":558549,"date":"2021-06-09T17:36:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558549"},"modified":"2021-06-09T17:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T21:36:28","slug":"do-nothing-house-member-rubio-responds-to-val-demings-senate-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-nothing-house-member-rubio-responds-to-val-demings-senate-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Do-Nothing House Member\u2019: Rubio Responds To Val Demings\u2019 Senate Bid"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdo-nothing-house-member-rubio-responds-to-val-demings-senate-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=558549&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228561834-scaled-e1623266379490.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"45.520989505247\">\n<p>The same day Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida announced her candidacy to be the Democratic nominee for the state\u2019s 2022 U.S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio disparaged the former Orlando Police Chief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongresswoman Val Demings is a do-nothing House Member,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/26\/senate-republicans-christopher-fonzone-china-huawei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rubio<\/a> stated in a video message. \u201cWith not a single significant legislative achievement in her time in Congress,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said voters would \u201clearn more about how ineffective and extremist the real Val Demings is when she\u2019s in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio highlighted a record of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/senate-china-bill-manufacturing-pass-republican-delay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bipartisanship<\/a> and effectiveness. He noted that, in the midst of the pandemic, Demings had praised \u201cthe governors of New York and California,\u201d and had warned, \u201cthat we were going to have mass deaths if we didn\u2019t keep our schools closed and our entire economy on lockdown.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/marco-rubio-ufo-60-minutes-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018I Want Us To Take It Seriously\u2019: Rubio Urges Lawmakers To Drop \u2018Stigma\u2019 Of UFO Talks)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a separate tweet, Rubio went on to link Demings to Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, noting she votes with the congresswoman \u201cover 90% of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demings was a top contender to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/08\/bidens-vp-short-list-includes-atlanta-mayor-and-congresswoman-who-used-to-be-police-chief-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">become President Joe Biden\u2019s running mate<\/a> in 2020, but ultimately chose Sen. Kamala Harris of California instead. Despite her high profile, she will still need to win the primary against others in her party, including her House colleague Rep. Alan Grayson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"2.752688172043\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kPlysL0aZd\">https:\/\/t.co\/kPlysL0aZd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/06iEZMpmfS\">pic.twitter.com\/06iEZMpmfS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Val Demings (@valdemings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valdemings\/status\/1402617940411879434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cook Political Report lists the race as \u201clikely Republican,\u201d and the only statewide elected Democrat is Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried.<\/p>\n<p>Demings responded to Rubio\u2019s video with a photograph of herself in her police uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The same day Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida announced her candidacy to be the Democratic nominee for the state\u2019s 2022 U.S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Sen. 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