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'Florida Really Deserves Better': Rubio Challenger Val Demings Plays Politics During Surfside Tragedy

Florida Democrats are using the recent tragedy with a collapsed condo building in Surfside to dunk on Republicans and score political points. Congresswoman Val Demings (D-FL), who recently launched a Senate bid to unseat Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), used an MSNBC hit to falsely claim that Rubio has ignored the tragedy. 

“Florida really deserves better. Florida deserves someone who is gonna stand up for them. Deserves someone who will hear the voice of the people and it matters. And someone who is going to care and help them when they’re going through a tough time,” Demings said of Rubio and other GOP leaders. “We don’t have that in Florida right now.”

Despite Demings’ claims, Rubio and other Republican leaders have been on the ground with victims and first responders.

President Joe Biden is also set to visit Surfside tragedy site on Thursday.