A Marco Rubio campaign ad misrepresented what Val Demings said when asked about a proposal in Minneapolis to dismantle the police. She didn't take a position, adding she believed community leaders and law enforcement would collaborate to improve policing.
published on YouTube July 19 features several uniformed law enforcement personnel bashing Demings' voting record in Congress and calling her a"radical rubber stamp."that showed Demings and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed on 100% of votes in the 116th Congress, which ended Jan. 3, 2021.
While the latest ad used more aggressive language, PolitiFact found that both ads cited the same interview. Neither ad represented Demings' words accurately.The campaign ad included a footnote citing a June 8, 2020, CBS interview. That day — about two weeks after footage showed George Floyd, a Black man, being killed by a white Minneapolis police officer — Tony Dokoupil ofHe zeroed in on a proposal in Minneapolis to"dismantle and rebuild" the city's police department."Is that a strategy you could agree with?" Dokoupil asked Demings.
Demings, Orlando's former police chief, said,"I do believe that everyone has a right to look at any proposal that is put forth because there desperately needs to be change. I also believe the council is being very thoughtful in terms of looking at all of the services that police provide."
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