Val Butler Demings
@valdemings.bsky.social
Lifelong Floridian. Former Orlando Police Chief and Congresswoman. Wife. Mom. Nana.
Today House Republicans found out there is life after going against the President when he is dead wrong. I pray the Senate will follow the House’s lead and vote for America’s women and girls. Release the files; hold pedophiles accountable. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
House Votes to Release Epstein Files in New Setback for Trump
Donald Trump’s firm control of Washington showed signs of weakening Tuesday as nearly all House Republicans voted to compel the Justice Department to release its files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstei...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Today House Republicans found out there is life after going against the President when he is dead wrong. I pray the Senate will follow the House’s lead and vote for America’s women and girls. Release the files; hold pedophiles accountable. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In 2016, then candidate Trump said “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.”
But surely we would not turn our heads as he covers for pedophiles and covers up crimes against underage girls.
Would we?
But surely we would not turn our heads as he covers for pedophiles and covers up crimes against underage girls.
Would we?
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
In 2016, then candidate Trump said “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.”
But surely we would not turn our heads as he covers for pedophiles and covers up crimes against underage girls.
Would we?
But surely we would not turn our heads as he covers for pedophiles and covers up crimes against underage girls.
Would we?
In July, Trump's DOJ and FBI said there was no evidence to charge people based on the Epstein files.
Turns out Trump is all over them.
Now of course he's calling for an investigation (of his enemies) which would block the release of more emails.
America, don’t fall for it.
Turns out Trump is all over them.
Now of course he's calling for an investigation (of his enemies) which would block the release of more emails.
America, don’t fall for it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
In July, Trump's DOJ and FBI said there was no evidence to charge people based on the Epstein files.
Turns out Trump is all over them.
Now of course he's calling for an investigation (of his enemies) which would block the release of more emails.
America, don’t fall for it.
Turns out Trump is all over them.
Now of course he's calling for an investigation (of his enemies) which would block the release of more emails.
America, don’t fall for it.
So proud to attend the Change of Command Ceremony for the Apopka Police Department. We commend outgoing Chief McKinley for a job well done, and congratulate incoming Chief Quinn-Henry on her appointment. Apopka continues to be in good hands.
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
So proud to attend the Change of Command Ceremony for the Apopka Police Department. We commend outgoing Chief McKinley for a job well done, and congratulate incoming Chief Quinn-Henry on her appointment. Apopka continues to be in good hands.
Republican representatives from Florida are hosing their own constituents with higher health care costs. Don't be fooled, this catastrophe is all for the ego of the president. Your health care shouldn't be their plaything. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
In Florida, Obamacare Price Hikes Pose an Outsized Threat
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Republican representatives from Florida are hosing their own constituents with higher health care costs. Don't be fooled, this catastrophe is all for the ego of the president. Your health care shouldn't be their plaything. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
POTUS just pardoned George Santos, convicted of fraud. At the same time, he's illegally pushing the prosecution of Lisa Cook and Letitia James for alleged fraud. When guilt or innocence depends on a president who punishes people who honor their oaths, we no longer have Justice.
October 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
POTUS just pardoned George Santos, convicted of fraud. At the same time, he's illegally pushing the prosecution of Lisa Cook and Letitia James for alleged fraud. When guilt or innocence depends on a president who punishes people who honor their oaths, we no longer have Justice.
A group of influential Republican officials & staff make horrific racist remarks and praise the Nazis and the Vice President refuses to condemn them. I guess we still have a “race” problem. Would someone please warn the Supreme Court before they gut the Voting Rights Act? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A group of influential Republican officials & staff make horrific racist remarks and praise the Nazis and the Vice President refuses to condemn them. I guess we still have a “race” problem. Would someone please warn the Supreme Court before they gut the Voting Rights Act? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Joined Katy Tur to talk about how Republican leaders give Donald Trump whatever he wants. If the government is shut down and people are losing their jobs, it's because Donald Trump wants it.
www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...
www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...
Judge blocks layoffs of federal workers after OMB Director Vought said they would lay off 10,000+
A U.S. district judge has blocked the layoffs of federal workers after Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said the administration may lay off more than 10,000. Staff Writer at The...
www.msnbc.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Joined Katy Tur to talk about how Republican leaders give Donald Trump whatever he wants. If the government is shut down and people are losing their jobs, it's because Donald Trump wants it.
www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...
www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...
Good to see airports refuse to blatantly violate the Hatch Act by playing a political video created by the Secretary of “Homeland Security,” Kristi Noem. Madam Secretary, your job is to keep us safe, not fight illegal partisan battles. Open the government.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/u...
Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown | CNN
Several major US airports - including Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International, Portland International, Seattle-Tacoma International, and three in New York - are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Ho...
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Good to see airports refuse to blatantly violate the Hatch Act by playing a political video created by the Secretary of “Homeland Security,” Kristi Noem. Madam Secretary, your job is to keep us safe, not fight illegal partisan battles. Open the government.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/u...
I join the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. from around the world in mourning the passing of our beloved 25th National President, Dr. Paulette C. Walker. President Walker was a bold visionary who touched my life in so many ways.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I join the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. from around the world in mourning the passing of our beloved 25th National President, Dr. Paulette C. Walker. President Walker was a bold visionary who touched my life in so many ways.
On Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, we pray for the families of those killed in a terrorist attack in Manchester, England. Good men and women must come together and never let hate win.
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
On Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, we pray for the families of those killed in a terrorist attack in Manchester, England. Good men and women must come together and never let hate win.
POTUS does not have the authority to do this. Will Republican House Members from New York stand up to the President and fight for New Yorkers? www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/t...
Trump administration freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects, Vought says
The funding freeze for New York City came on the first day of the shutdown of the federal government after Congress failed to pass a stop-gap spending bill/
www.cnbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
POTUS does not have the authority to do this. Will Republican House Members from New York stand up to the President and fight for New Yorkers? www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/t...
Don’t believe anything POTUS and his enablers in congress tell you. They have proven in the “Big Bill” that they will take from working families and give to their rich friends. If the government shuts down, it’s clearly on those in charge. The con game is over.
September 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Don’t believe anything POTUS and his enablers in congress tell you. They have proven in the “Big Bill” that they will take from working families and give to their rich friends. If the government shuts down, it’s clearly on those in charge. The con game is over.
Former FBI Director Jim Comey indicted, even after career prosecutors thought there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward. A president ordering prosecution of whomever he perceives as his political enemies is a dark turning point in America. Pray for your children.
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Former FBI Director Jim Comey indicted, even after career prosecutors thought there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward. A president ordering prosecution of whomever he perceives as his political enemies is a dark turning point in America. Pray for your children.
Donald Trump gave trillions of dollars in tax breaks to his rich friends and will now shut the government down because dems will not agree to cutting funds for everyday Americans. Don’t fall for this con man’s con.
September 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Donald Trump gave trillions of dollars in tax breaks to his rich friends and will now shut the government down because dems will not agree to cutting funds for everyday Americans. Don’t fall for this con man’s con.
I am not a psychologist but like every police officer I played one on the street.
There is something seriously wrong with POTUS. He is broken, angry, vindictive, destructive, dark, isolated.
America's beauty must be our belief in hope - in a fair and free future. Let's win it.
There is something seriously wrong with POTUS. He is broken, angry, vindictive, destructive, dark, isolated.
America's beauty must be our belief in hope - in a fair and free future. Let's win it.
Live Updates: After Meeting With Zelensky at U.N., Trump Shifts Stance on Russia
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I am not a psychologist but like every police officer I played one on the street.
There is something seriously wrong with POTUS. He is broken, angry, vindictive, destructive, dark, isolated.
America's beauty must be our belief in hope - in a fair and free future. Let's win it.
There is something seriously wrong with POTUS. He is broken, angry, vindictive, destructive, dark, isolated.
America's beauty must be our belief in hope - in a fair and free future. Let's win it.
No police chief would hire someone who'd taken a bribe to be an officer. Yet the man who now serves as border czar took a bag of money as a bribe for favors. That’s what criminals do. Administration says nothing to see here. There’s a tape. Release it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
No police chief would hire someone who'd taken a bribe to be an officer. Yet the man who now serves as border czar took a bag of money as a bribe for favors. That’s what criminals do. Administration says nothing to see here. There’s a tape. Release it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Commissioner Mable Butler was a force to reckon with. When she saw a good fight, she did not run away. Sometimes, she started the fight. Orlando and Orange County are better off because of her unwavering commitment to making her community a better place for all people.
September 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Commissioner Mable Butler was a force to reckon with. When she saw a good fight, she did not run away. Sometimes, she started the fight. Orlando and Orange County are better off because of her unwavering commitment to making her community a better place for all people.
We can and do condemn this week's vicious assassination. But let's not whitewash history in the process. We can reject violence and also reject hateful ideologies. We can do both.
September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We can and do condemn this week's vicious assassination. But let's not whitewash history in the process. We can reject violence and also reject hateful ideologies. We can do both.
Let's not pretend we were born yesterday. President Trump has made it clear that he will enthusiastically endorse and materially support brutal, deadly political violence for his own benefit.
September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Let's not pretend we were born yesterday. President Trump has made it clear that he will enthusiastically endorse and materially support brutal, deadly political violence for his own benefit.
Trump now says rhetoric causes violence? He's right. But he's suspect #1. This is a man who divides America into supporters and enemies and there can be no disagreement. This rhetoric hurts every American. If a disagreement means death, you're not free.
September 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Trump now says rhetoric causes violence? He's right. But he's suspect #1. This is a man who divides America into supporters and enemies and there can be no disagreement. This rhetoric hurts every American. If a disagreement means death, you're not free.
Today we pause to remember the 2977 loved ones killed on September 11, 2001. Let us honor their memory by standing strong as one, indivisible nation.
September 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today we pause to remember the 2977 loved ones killed on September 11, 2001. Let us honor their memory by standing strong as one, indivisible nation.
Political violence is never acceptable. Gun violence is never tolerable. America, we deserve better.
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Political violence is never acceptable. Gun violence is never tolerable. America, we deserve better.
Anyone who compares lifesaving vaccinations to slavery has something truly wrong with them.
I would be careful taking medical advice from any surgeon general who makes such a wild statement. People will clearly do and say anything when blinded by political ambition. SMH.
I would be careful taking medical advice from any surgeon general who makes such a wild statement. People will clearly do and say anything when blinded by political ambition. SMH.
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Anyone who compares lifesaving vaccinations to slavery has something truly wrong with them.
I would be careful taking medical advice from any surgeon general who makes such a wild statement. People will clearly do and say anything when blinded by political ambition. SMH.
I would be careful taking medical advice from any surgeon general who makes such a wild statement. People will clearly do and say anything when blinded by political ambition. SMH.