FORT MYERS, Fla. – India Palencia has jumped into the race for Lee County Faculty Board District 6, difficult conservative incumbent Jada Langford Fleming.
Although the race itself is nonpartisan on the poll for countywide voters, Palencia espouses left-wing views on her social media. She is Lee County Democrat Precinct 202 committeewoman.
In Could, she posted a video of herself sporting a rainbow shirt, signifying LGBTQ “pleasure,” with a caption that learn, “Jesus loves everybody you hate,” and depicting Jesus sporting LGBTQ pleasure sun shades.
“I’m actually enthusiastic about pleasure month,” she mentioned. “Jesus loves everybody you hate.”
Within the video, she additionally slammed calling unlawful aliens “unlawful.”
“Human beings can’t be unlawful,” she mentioned.
“We’re similar to each different household today- working onerous and doing our greatest to lift our infants in a secure neighborhood – one thing that looks as if a tall order at instances,” she mentioned on Fb concerning her candidacy. “I’ve determined to run for workplace as a result of I see the onerous working individuals in Lee County- particularly those that work for or whose kids attend Lee County Faculty District- being handed up and ignored. I’ll combat to vary that.”
Palencia earlier this 12 months scrutinized Lee County for cooperating with President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, because the company seeks to spherical up unlawful aliens state and countrywide.
She has additionally criticized the cancellation of pro-Palestine college disruptors’ visas, saying in March: “Seems like for those who’ve acquired a inexperienced card, the structure doesn’t apply to you.”
Palencia slammed Trump’s plan for mass deportations, calling supporters of such a transfer “xenophobic.”
She additionally attended a Rep. Byron Donalds city corridor in April, slamming the congressman for saying that the 2nd Modification rights stem from God.
“A leftist who’s making an attempt to drive the novel trans/LGBTQ agenda into Church and in lecture rooms has filed to run for Lee County Faculty Board — Democrats try to make use of nonpartisan races to get their wacky candidates in workplace and assault probably the most conservative counties in Florida,” the Gulf Coast Younger Republicans mentioned on social media. “That is their first step at making an attempt to flip the state.”
Faculty board members maintain a four-year time period. For 2026, Districts 1, 4 and 5 are single-district races, whereas District 6 is countywide.
