set to vote this week on whether to keep the police department or replace wit department of public safety. christina coleman live with more. hi, christina. christina: head of police force is strongly against getting rid of the minneapolis police department and replacing it with this new department of public safety. as your chief of police, i would not be in favor of this ballot amendment. that does not have to do whether you have an r or a d or an i behind your political affiliations. that is based again on the realities on the ground that i see and men and women are experiencing every day including the victims of crime in our city. christina: the chief says the reality on the ground is that minneapolis is down a third of its sworn police officers.
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Florida voters passed controversial legislation that experts say will either revive or destroy the state s economy. (Shutterstock)
FLORIDA With the coronavirus pandemic cutting the 2020 Florida legislative session short, Florida political leaders admitted this wasn t the year to promote new agendas and tackle groundbreaking statutes.
However, Florida voters didn t need their elected representatives to pass controversial legislation that, depending upon the politics of the prognosticator, could either save or destroy the state.
During Nov. 3 s general election, 60 percent of Florida voters approved Amendment 2 to the Florida Constitution, which raises the minimum wage rate over the next six years from its current rate of $8.56 per hour to $15 an hour.
approve a ballot amendment that would selectively undo the right of privacy just for women, just for purposes of abortion. and another ballot amendment to allow public funding for religion. so defund and block women s basic health at the same time that you provide lots of public funding for religion. this is going on at the state and federal level. and my only concern is that people will not wake up to it soon enough. but i think women are waking up to it soon enough, and that is why we re going to win. it s been 72 hours since the mourdock story has been unearthed nationally. do you see a change? do you see this really affecting this election? do you really see that women are waking up to this agenda? you know, i can tell you that we have volunteers in swing states like virginia and ohio and wisconsin, and what i m seeing is more energy. more energy on our side. more people calling and saying we want to get on the phones
akin. there s a collection of these people. in fact, they are just one of 13 republican senate candidates who do not support abortion in cases of rape. i mean this crowd is growing. what s it say for the future of women s rights and health care in america? you know, so many people are having a hard time, i think, wrapping their minds around what s going on in the republican party and you re absolutely right. this is not just those four men. what s happening is since citizens united which led them to the elections with tea party extremists coming, in the control of the republican party has shifted to the most extreme elements in that party. the republican party is known for once you get believers of power, you hold total control. it s not just happening in senate races, although it s there too. in the state, florida is a classic example. voters are being asked to approve a ballot amendment that
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