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Val Butler Demings

@valdemings.bsky.social
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Lifelong Floridian. Former Orlando Police Chief and Congresswoman. Wife. Mom. Nana.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Two U.S. citizens have been killed by ICE agents under extremely questionable circumstances. No investigation, no accountability. All part of the President's attempt to confiscate voter rolls. Believe your eyes and ears and stand up and speak out against what we know is wrong.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
All routine ICE Operations should be suspended. Two Americans are dead. The use of deadly force is not a time to "just move on." More may be killed. Suspend and investigate. This is out of control. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Border Patrol agent shoots and kills man in Minnesota, officials say
The shooting, captured on a video posted to Facebook and verified by NBC News, was followed by a heated confrontation between officers and protesters who oppose the federal government’s immigration en...
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
4 years ago, Jerry and I inherited my father in law’s dog, Ray. Today, we had to put him down. We are sad but grateful for the joy, unconditional love, and peace he gave us everyday. He was a Good Dog.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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...
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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...
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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?
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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...
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In Florida, Obamacare Price Hikes Pose an Outsized Threat
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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...
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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...
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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...
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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...
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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...
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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...
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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/
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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.
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Live Updates: After Meeting With Zelensky at U.N., Trump Shifts Stance on Russia
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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...
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Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Political violence is never acceptable. Gun violence is never tolerable. America, we deserve better.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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.
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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
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Today we heard from survivors of sexual abuse by Epstein and his “power friends.” Yet, within minutes, President Trump called it a “hoax.” Why? When children are sexually abused, the American people are not so willing to fall for his usual con game. No lie can live forever.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Children being gunned down in school and lawmakers doing nothing is not normal. America’s children deserve better. Concerned about violent crime Mr. President? Demand that YOUR congress pass gun safety legislation.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
John Bolton had an opportunity to testify during the 1st impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and do his duty to get an unprincipled man out of power. He chose to write a book instead. Chickens coming home to roost. Tough times for America.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
President Trump has the audacity to push a "crime message?" He waited hours to deploy the National Guard on January 6th and pardoned the criminals who assaulted cops. He believes you will stand for nothing and fall for anything.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I don’t give a damn how close, geographically, Russia may be to parts of the United States. Our values and respect for the rule of law could not be further apart. But you would not know that by watching POTUS drag out the red carpet and kiss the ass of Putin, a war criminal.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It seems like every day we are reminded of the dangers of this job. My heart goes out for his wife and entire family, which includes his aunt, Congresswoman Corrine Brown. Please also pray for his coworkers and South Carolina who lost a good son. www.live5news.com/2025/08/14/s...
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SC Trooper dies days after box truck hit him during Orangeburg Co. traffic stop
A South Carolina state trooper who had been fighting for his life since he was hit by a box truck over the weekend has died.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The criminal POTUS has reduced GOP lawmakers to pathetic weakness. His Advisor to the Justice Department wants you to believe when he said to kill police officers on January 6th, he didn’t mean it. America, they expect you to stand for nothing and fall for anything. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Before I was a police officer, I worked with sexually abused children. As a police detective, I arrested criminals who raped children. This always mattered to Americans. Now POTUS wants to protect child rapists and says his supporters who demand answers are stupid. What????
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I enforced the laws for almost 30 years. Texas GOP lawmakers are a disgrace. They want to cheat to keep our criminal POTUS in power with no accountability and they're weaponizing law enforcement to do it. No decent person should accept this.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
President Trump is rightfully ashamed of his past high crimes and misdemeanors, but he can't rewrite history. He was impeached - twice. I was there. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
If mandating taking resources from Orange County to transport detainees to Alligator Alcatraz is “the law”, why do mayors have to sign the agreement? www.clickorlando.com/news/florida...
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‘I said what I said:’ Orange County mayor stands by comments on Florida attorney general over immigration
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is standing by comments he made about the Florida attorney general’s age and experience, a day after the two clashed over immigration enforcement.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
DeSantis wants to use our community's resources to ship immigrants to “Alligator Alcatraz.” He must be desperate for attention. Surely if he could fly people to Martha’s Vineyard for his last stunt, he can do this one without weakening our public safety. floridapolitics.com/archives/749...
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Jerry Demings: ‘I’m not going to be bullied by the state Attorney General’ on immigration
The Mayor said the county is fully cooperating with ICE, but doesn't have the capacity to transport detainees around the state .
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Did a U.S. Senator just vote for a bill she says is “bad” but hopes the House will bail her out? All the years of admiration for Senator Murkowski was based on my belief that she was standing up for what’s right but the reality is she is another person absent of courage.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Someone on MSNBC said "Congress wants to feel included" on Iran? It's not about feelings. Taking America to war requires congressional approval. That's what the Constitution says.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The President does not have the authority to start a war with Iran at the expense of the American people without congressional approval. The American people were not in “imminent danger.” To say so is an outright lie. Congress, where are you? The American people deserve better.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
After much consideration, I have decided not to run for Orange County Mayor. I am grateful for the overwhelming amount of encouragement and support I have received over the past few weeks.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Are we really doing this? Another Mideast war, more pointless loss and pain? We cannot allow warmongers to drag us into this unnecessary and inexcusable disaster.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"I am not calling the governor because he’s a mess." President Obama faced Newtown. Bush, 9/11, Biden, Uvalde. They all handled themselves with strength, compassion, and dignity. President Trump is incapable of rising to the occasion. So sad for America. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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Trump says he won't call Gov. Tim Walz after Minnesota shootings: 'He's a mess'
Presidents from both parties have historically called state and local politicians after high-profile tragedies.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I am saddened by the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. We are praying for Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. No modern President has done more to promote division, chaos, and VIOLENCE than Donald Trump. Stop look & listen America before our beloved nation is unrecognizable.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
It’s hard to believe it’s been 9 years since the Pulse Nightclub senseless tragedy. 49 people with hopes, dreams, and futures destroyed. Evil struck that day but LOVE will prevail. I continue to pray for the families and survivors. www.wesh.com/article/cent...
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Central Florida marks 9 years since the deadly Pulse nightclub mass shooting
Family members of the victims are being allowed to visit the club site for the first time before it's demolished.
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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Is President Trump and Pete Hegseth REALLY about to deploy the U.S. military to California? I know the men and women who remember their oath are sick and tired of power in the hands of weak, broken, vindictive, and totally unprepared men. Lord, please hurry up and save us.
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After Trump deploys National Guard, Marines on standby as Los Angeles protests enter fourth day
Clashes between protestors and law enforcement turned violent in Los Angeles as demonstrations against ICE raids ramped up over the weekend. President Trump deployed the National Guard to the area, an...
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