Today, Donna Shalala released the following statement in response to Maria Elvira Salazar joining a campaign rally with Mike Pence for Donald Trump’s reelection:
“While Mike Pence and Donald Trump played politics with the coronavirus and focused on the president’s re-election, Florida tragically became the global epicenter of the pandemic. Mike Pence should be coming to Miami to apologize, not stump for this failed president, and I am disappointed that my opponent would join with him.
“While thousands of Floridians are saying goodbye to the loved-ones via FaceTime and are struggling to make ends meet, my opponent chants ‘Four more years.’ We need experienced leadership in Washington, not the division and partisanship that Trump and my opponent represent.”