Posted on 06/20/2020 6:20:35 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Police escorted the fiancé of Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nicole Nikki Fried off the premises of the Westin Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale Beach last weekend after a witness said he threw a trash can during a public argument that ended with them getting in a vehicle, driving over a curb and then heading south down State Road A1A with a flat tire.
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Fried is the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida and viewed as a possible 2022 candidate for governor or U.S. Senate. Her spokeswoman told the Miami Herald that an argument with her fiancé escalated further than either of them would have liked.
FL Ag Commish Nikki Fried (Democrat)
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We were aggressive. But I was never physical with her, Bergmann responded. You can go talk to her. Shes the commissioner of agriculture. Top-ranking Democrat in the state. Totally fine ... Nikki Fried.
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Fried in the interview dismissed the argument between her and Bergmann as a quarrel.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Second that Motion!
I'm still amazed by that Florida election. *Thank God* Gillum didn't get elected! How did this democRAT Ag Commish manage to get elected along with DeSantis?
No. I’m thirty years sober. Don’t judge everyone by the actions of one.
A couple of possibilities: post #48
Congratulations for your sobriety.
Thanks. But boy, am I thirsty!(just kidding.)
My recollection is that this was done intentionally to prevent the process from being politicized.
Florida was the first, or among the first, to pass "shall issue" concealed carry in about 1986. Probably at that time many chief law enforcement officers were opposed and the Florida arrangement took the process out of their hands.
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