MIAMI — Republicans have long claimed the mantle of the party of freedom.
Val Demings is trying to flip that dynamic on its head — and using the loss of abortion rights to do so.
In the three months since the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs ruling revoked the right to an abortion, the Democrats’ nominee for Senate in Florida has argued that Republicans — led by her opponent GOP Sen. Marco Rubio — are attempting to limit or altogether eliminate the freedom once afforded to women, replacing personal decisions with ones mandated by state or federal government.
