FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Donalds Marketing campaign is occurring the offensive towards Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, calling him “weak, woke, and improper for Florida” in a brand new social media thread posted Monday from the Byron Warfare Room account.
The thread targets Demings, a Democrat and former Orange County sheriff, amid hypothesis that he might emerge as his celebration’s option to problem Donalds within the 2026 gubernatorial race.
In a sequence of posts, the Byron Warfare Room accused Demings of supporting “radical gender ideology” and opposing immigration enforcement. The thread highlighted his previous statements and native insurance policies as sheriff and mayor, together with directives associated to transgender deputies and feedback about police reform.
One publish cited a report from the Orlando Sentinel quoting Demings as saying that having transgender officers “is just good enterprise.” One other claimed that, as sheriff, Demings required coaching on gender id and mandated use of coworkers’ most popular pronouns.
The thread additionally referenced a 2020 NewsNight interview wherein Demings stated he “understands the fervour” of protesters throughout nationwide demonstrations following George Floyd’s loss of life and known as for “reform in policing.”
In one other publish, the Warfare Room criticized Demings for signing an settlement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, “underneath excessive duress,” referencing native resistance to federal immigration enforcement on the time.
Whereas Demings has not introduced any gubernatorial bid, his title has circulated amongst Democratic strategists as a possible challenger to Donalds for the governorship. His spouse, former U.S. Rep. Val Demings, was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022.
Donalds, a U.S Congressman usually talked about because the doable future Republican nominee himself, has used his social media operation to amplify messages focusing on high-profile Democrats.
