Thread by @Matt_Fleming321

1/ 🧵👇 Nikki Fried is a corporate lobbyist and a liar. Her record as FDACS Commissioner is terrible, but it's way worse than just that.

#OperationOrangeJuice
#Wokened

2/ Nikki began her political career as a corporate lobbyist in South Florida, back in 2011. One of her most prominent clients was HCA Healthcare, which is Rick Scott's Medicare fraud company.

Reciept:
https://t.co/7w8WK2FbpFsun-sentinel.com/news/politics/…

3/ Her support of Republicans is extensive. In 2016, while Charlie Crist was being endorsed in his congressional run by Barack Obama, Nikki Fried was volunteering for State Senator Manny Diaz Jr., who recently took over for Richard Corcoran as the State's Secretary of Education.

4/ Manny Diaz Jr. makes the Mom's for Liberty swoon while they call everyone groomers: "...former high school classmates remember Díaz as a “pervert and inappropriate teacher” who she said would openly talk about doing ecstasy at Miami clubs."

miamiherald.com/news/local/edu…

5/ In 2017, Nikki Fried gave $2000 to Ashley Moody, her former co-worker at Holland & Knight. Nikki did NOT give any money to the Dem Candidate in that race. Ashley Moody is corrupt, and was a signatory to Trump's #Kraken lawsuit that was laughed out of the supreme court 9-0.

6/ Holland & Knight is a lobbying and law firm that represents Mosaic. Mosaic is the giant phosphate mining company that produces literal mountains of toxic waste like #PineyPoint.

"We took it as intimidation," said Clark."

heraldtribune.com/story/news/200…

7/ She's literally friends with Adam Putnam and Ashley Moody from college.

"It was at UF where she grew to know the likes of current agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam and attorney general candidate Ashley Moody."

tampabay.com/florida-politi…

8/ In 2016, Nikki Fried started her own marijuana lobbying firm, "Ignite Florida", eventually propelling her to becoming Florida's Ag. Commissioner. Unfortunately, FL's cannabis industry is a rats nest of corruption. Two articles:



https://t.co/HX14yeV9XAtampabay.com/news/florida-p…
miaminewtimes.com/news/meet-flor…

9/ There's ALWAYS a #BrevardCounty connection. Jodi James, VP, Florida Cannabis Action Network ran for State Rep here 2010. I remember meeting her, I was a volunteer with Organizing for America at the time. She tried to convince me her opponent couldn't win bc he was gay and fat.

10/ Nikki Fried's pot lobbying firm's largest client, San Felasco Nurseries, was purchased for $65 million by Harvest Health and Recreation. Nikki was personally invested in the industry she regulates, and saw her net worth increase by a million dollars.

spglobal.com/marketintellig…

11/ 🔥 Florida's Ethics Commission found probable cause she violated disclosure laws. And you want her up against Ron DeSantis?? "At no time during 2019 did Fried disclose that she or her family had a financial interest in marijuana companies."

tallahasseereports.com/2021/04/11/nik…

12/ Her fiance, Jake Bergmann is a marijuana entrepreneur and gave her a house, but he also gave 10k dollars to Ron DeSantis in 2018. You want to read this WHOLE thread. 👇

15/ In 2019 she appointed three sugar lobbyists to represent her department on the Army Corps Lake Okeechobee Project Delivery Team board. It wasn't like she appointed one, it was all three of her allotted appointments.

https://t.co/0gKDrjDsLKtcpalm.com/story/news/loc…

16/ She even lied about it, giving Republicans ammo to bash Democrats with. "After Fried denied designating Sugar Lobbyists to represent her, Army Corps internal document reveals third sugar lobbyist representing her agency"

https://t.co/FvuRubox6Smast.house.gov/2020/1/army-co…

17/ She is currently suing the Biden admin to expand gun ownership to cannabis cardholders, while lying and calling Charlie Crist the "pro-gun" candidate. He has an F rating from the NRA. 😵‍💫

wptv.com/news/state/mar…

18/ Almost nothing has been done by her office about robo-calls. In 2020, out of 20,866 complaints, only 16 companies had any action taken against them. Everyone praised the narrow supreme court ruling, but her office had nothing to do with it.

fdacs.gov/News-Events/Pr…

19/ Only AFTER she started running for governor did she refer any polluters to Ron DeSantis' DEP for violating Basin Management Action Plans. "However, the department(FDACS) 'has the authority to take enforcement on its own,'"

tcpalm.com/in-depth/news/…

20/ She even called on the "feds" to leave Matt Gaetz alone after the sex trafficking probe expanded into the Marijuana stuff. Makes sense, some of them did a LOT of really illegal things.

politico.com/states/florida…

21/ One part that caught my ear during the debate was where she showed her true lobbyist colors and attacked the trial lawyers, a long standing Republican boogey man. The tobacco, malpractice, and poison industries everywhere approve. 👍

22/ "-when he expanded Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Co. until it included nearly a quarter of the state's policyholders, thus shutting out private insurers. And when the largest private insurer...threatened to leave, Crist said, "Good riddance."

cbsnews.com/news/charlie-c…

23/ Charlie Crist has a commanding lead, and her continued attacks are tantamount to arson inside the party(Ignite Florida?), as she does her best to divide and demoralize our electorate against a Crist general election campaign.

#WokeMath
https://t.co/YDU3DMKtz9dos.elections.myflorida.com/campaign-finan…

24/ Think I'm exaggerating? She even refused to commit to backing the three-term, Obama-endorsed, Democratic Congressman should she lose the primary.

#VoteSmart ✅

25/ I usually like to finish with a meme, but here's Charlie Crist. His decision to work with the Obama admin in 2009 saved teachers jobs, including my mom's. He loves this state, has real plans to fix it, and he will make an excellent governor.

Closing argument 🏆

26/ lol, ok I'm not on anyone's payroll I'm still finishing with a meme.

Shocking! Lol. They must really be scared of the millions of Floridians Charlie has helped in his long career.