You cannot make this up. On Fathers Day, I sat alone by Jaime’s graveside and asked for a sign from her. I asked for a sign that she was Ok and that she was OK with what I am doing in my fight for gun safety. I wanted to know that she was with me. Tonight, I got my sign.
Tonight the Republican candidates for Governor will be debating at the Sunshine Summit in the same hotel that my daughters dance competition team is competing at. Jaime was supposed to be there competing and we were supposed to be there with her. .
Because of the strange coincidence, Jaime's team wanted to make their presence known. Keep in mind, these are teenage girls and not threatening. They simply wore Orange Ribbons For Jaime shirts in the same public lobby where the people from the Republican summit were.
That is it. Amazingly, security for the event made them leave the public lobby. I am sure that they will all talk tough behind closed doors and in the debate tonight, but they could not come face to face with a competition teenage dance team who just lost a dance sister as a
result of gun violence. They could not handle the truth. They will most certainly talk about guns, but they will do so while hiding from the reality of gun violence. I am so proud of the dance team for deciding to make their presence felt.
These vile candidates, Putnam and Desantis, have simply shown that they are weak. We will make sure they will see the devastation of the gun policy that they support first hand. They will come face to face with an orange wave.
To Jaime's dance family, thank you for making your presence known. #OrangeWaveInNovember
