lucas pom tom lynnson at the white house tomlinson, and virginia republican lieutenant governor winsome sears. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto and happy weekend. so far a happy and, thus far, calm weekend after the supreme court s historic 6-3 decision to essentially gut roe v. wade. let s go to alexandria hoff at the supreme court with how things are looking there. reporter: hi, neil. yeah, a few more protesters have arrived over past hour, several dozen now with chants breaking out. but this time yesterday, neil, when that decision came down, the most immediate and audible reaction came from the pro-life side. there were cheers and tears for what they saw as the recognition of life before birth, something they d been waiting over 50 # years to do. and as the department of homeland security warned of a night of rage, things did remain mostly calm. an american flag was burning here in d.c., similar symbolic symbolic of the anger after the court did undo roe v. wade.
neil: all right, nancy pelosi, even the president of united states has made the decision of the supreme court a galvanizing one for democrats to get into the voting booth this fall and change things, put it back in their hands. it is a point echoed by nicki freed, the florida agriculture commissioner. nikki fried. running for governor of florida. charlie crist also running for governor. commissioner, very good to have you. you had said that this decision now give the voters the power again. the power was in the supreme court, and they neglected the will of americans all across country. so, obviously, you see this as that same galvanizing issue for democrats. the governor of your state, who you want to challenge, ron desantis, sees it differently and is already looking at implementing some abortion measures himself. i don t know as sweeping as the texas and some of these other
against that. joining me is florida agriculture commissioner nicki freed, she is also a democratic candidate for governor. welcome back to the broadcast. it s good to see you. so let me ask you about what the governor did yesterday adding that he would have signed this bill revoking disney s special status. he says he would have done it three years ago had it crossed his desk. do you buy that? has disney s special status been an issue before? am i can you hear me? i can hear you, sorry. good. i was frozen for a second. what this governor has done time and time again is taken revenge on opposition. and that s exactly what this is. this was when a company regardless of who they were went after a piece of legislation that was a culture war. and instead of, you know, just trying to work with people in getting above it, he used his power as a governor to force this piece of legislation during our special session. we re supposed to be a pro
you do not have to wear those masks. please take them off. honestly, it s got to do anything. if you want to wear it, fine. you have to stop with this covid theater. this is ridiculous. please take them off he said. steve in st. petersburg, florida. desantis clearly an opponent of masks but it was frightening to see him ask the kids to take them off. yeah, john. the reaction to this video online was swift. it blew up immediately. you had democratic candidates and politicians all across the state criticizing the governor. nicki freed, the agriculture commissioner running for governor likened desantis as a bully. charlie christ write on twitter criticizing the governor. he said, young people in our state deserve to be treated with respect, not dumped on by a heartless egotistical governor
it was tense at times, i should say, victor. the parents of the students in those districts had a chance to talk. most of them voiced disapproval of the mask mandate with just a few saying they were happy schools were requiring masks. victor? talk about what we heard from the state s multicultural commissioner, nicki freed, accusing the florida governor working to block the release of covid data. what did she say? some pretty pointed remarks from nicki freed who is running for governor as a democrat. here s what she had to say this morning. reporter: this is so black and white, such indisputable evidence that say the masks were working. in the direct impact of lowering of cases means kids are getting