i am val demings, and i approve this message. democratic congresswoman val demings is saying the record straight in her new campaign ad, calling out republican senator marco rubio for his alarming stance on abortion. but a recent mason-dixon poll shows rubio still holds the lead in florida s hotly contested senate race with just 30 days to go before the midterm elections. now joining me is congresswoman val demings, democratic candidate for the united states senate in florida. congresswoman demings, good to see you again. thank you for coming back to the sunday show. jonathan, great to be with you as always. so that is a powerful clip, that add. it is very powerful, with its focus on abortion. but according to a siena college poll, economy is the top issue for voters. so how are you addressing those concerns on the campaign trail? jonathan, let me say this. i am traveling the state, from the panhandle down to the keys,
it is the, adds their money to millions of dollars going into these ads. oz is a terrible candidate, and i don t think he s going to be fetterman. but republicans are up against the wall. they re not gonna win in georgia. they are probably not going to win in nevada. and so, they do not have a lot of places they can go to to try to make up for some of their losses. they re not gonna win in new hampshire. either playing a race car in wisconsin, unfortunately, has been successful. do not ever forget that george wallace won the democratic primary in wisconsin, one of the years he was running in the 60s. there is a strong component of racism in wisconsin, as there is everywhere. in wisconsin is among the democrats, not just the republicans. so yeah. i think fetterman is going to pull this out, because i think causes such an awful. candidate burns deserves to be in the united states senate. johnson is either the stupidest or the second stupidest person in the united states senate, i can t d
these are not gonna shop in the polling models we are doing right, now but we have seen on the ground the energy enthusiasm and the turnout, and i think it is going to be the difference in november. charlie, in arizona mark kelly is running circles around president biden s border policy. polling has a hard. that working for him? yeah, i think it is. he is running a very effective campaign, he understands the arizona electorates. he was running against a candidate who has taken extreme and bizarre positions. and i think that helps him. each of these races has a completely different environment. and i think that the candidates that understand the specific nature of the voters in their state, and what issues were when issues don t work are going to be more effective than those who live in some sort of a bubble. mark kelly is running a good campaign, he was very effective with the debate last week, i. thought early running starts in two weeks and about the last nights trump was in th
campaign trail. congresswoman, immigration is the third most important issue for voters. in a recent ad, senator rubio attacks you and the biden administration for quote, refusing to secure the border. listen. last month in august, there were 12 individuals on the fbi s terror watch lists arrested here at our southern border. that raised the total for the fiscal year 2022 so far to 78 people. that is triple the previous five years combined. well, it s a seasonal thing. congresswoman, your opportunity to respond to that. that looks like an ad from a desperate individual who is certainly worried about his political future. i spent 27 years at the police department, served as the chief of police. certainly, we are a nation of laws, but we have to enforce
conspiracies. all the issues that undermine any sort of the fence he is trying to mount against his own issues. greg blue s team of the atlanta journal-constitution, rick wilson, my old friend. thank you both very much for coming to the sunday show. thank you. thank you. all right. up next, i will go one-on-one and for a candidate from the united states senate, congresswoman val demings. her plans for the sunshine state and are strategy to be the incumbent republican senator marco rubio. keep it right here. keep it right here it s subway s biggest refresh yet!