Ex-officer, Trump impeachment manager and now Senate candidate: Who is Rep. Val Demings
CNN
Rep. Val Demings' Senate run provides Democrats with a prominent, nationally recognized candidate to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio, a formidable opponent, in next year's general election.
The Florida Democrat sought to highlight her resume, which includes serving as a chief prosecutor of President Donald Trump's actions in office during his first impeachment trial and experience running a large city's police force. With a pitch of expanding her "unlikely story of opportunity" to other Floridians, Demings in her campaign video spoke of her humble beginnings, to her rise to the top of the Orlando Police Department to becoming a congresswoman who "brought law and order to a lawless president."Elected officials, Jewish advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are vowing to “push back” against the message of a White nationalist group that staged a march last week near downtown Columbus, Ohio, calling the demonstration an act of hate unwelcome in their community – and the United States more broadly.
Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.