Statements Archive

Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is coming to Florida to do damage control for the Trump administration’s inadequate COVID-19 response that has infected over 48,000 Floridians and left 2 million Floridians unemployed. …

Today Donald Trump continued his baseless attacks against vote-by-mail, a form of voting the President himself utilizes. In response, Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Juan Peñalosa released the following statement: “Donald Trump is lying again. Vote …

Shocking Miami Herald report raises alarm about lack of transparency and delayed response – Giménez public statements mirrored DeSantis’ In light of a shocking new report from the Miami Herald showing that the DeSantis administration kept …

Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo released the following statement after Mike Pence’s last public event in Florida today: “Mike Pence came to Florida today to put on a show — and, unfortunately, that’s all we …

Reports that the Florida public health official who had been overseeing Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard has been removed for refusing to, in her words, “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen” have …

This past Thursday, President Donald Trump insinuated that he could stay in power for 9 or 13 more years, in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution’s 22nd Amendment. Luisana Pérez Fernández, spokesperson for the Florida Democratic …

“They’re exploiting the pain and loss of the Venezuelan and Cubans for political gain” Today, the Florida Democratic Party hosted a press call with State Senator José Javier Rodríguez, State Representative Javier Fernández, Dr. Frank Mora, …

A recent Florida Education Association survey shows that more than half of Florida’s teachers are stressed about looming budget cuts. The ongoing economic crisis, worsened by Donald Trump’s failure to act decisively early in the outbreak, …

Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo today objected to a recent claim by Senate President-elect Wilton Simpson, R-District 10, that Florida is in “good shape” and does not need the legislature to convene a special session …