DELRAY BEACH FL — Dr. Mindy Koch, Chair of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party, issued the following statement on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s official entrance into the 2024 presidential race:

“Ron DeSantis wants to make America more like the Florida he’s made. Heaven help us all! Florida is a nightmare due to his misplaced leadership priorities and policies. He has ignored our housing affordability crisis, exacerbated our property insurance crisis, accelerated our education and teacher shortage crisis, amplified a culture war that created a physical and mental health crisis for the LGBTQ+ community and communities of color, and determined that a drag queen lip-synching to a disco song is an actual crisis that demands his time and attention. If you thought Trump MAGA was bad for America, wait until you see what DeSantis MAGA will do.”

“...It’s impossible to see how Democrats can ever win another statewide election in Florida without Palm Beach, the state’s third-largest county, home to more than a million voters…”

“...The long, hard climb must begin someplace. I suggest Palm Beach. It’s big, important — and everybody knows Trump lives there. But the early signs on the ground are, well, mixed...”

“...One of Palm Beach County’s longest-serving and popular Democrats, Tax Collector Anne Gannon, supports Koch….Mindy is exactly what our county needs...”

"...Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, praised Koch for taking “some bold actions...”

“...Koch is determined. She takes attendance at party meetings. She’s raising money online, training volunteers to register voters, and phone banking for next week’s closely watched mayoral race in Jacksonville. In an email for Democratic donations, she called her county “the home of the nation’s most notorious sexual abuser…”

A multi-million-dollar initiative would roll back one of DeSantis’ signature policies by allowing abortion until a fetus is viable at about 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Mindy Koch, Chair of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party comments on the Bill.

"We need to get mad and we need to show we’re mad and this is going to change the whole country," said Ellen Baker, a board member of the Democratic Women’s Club of Palm Beach County.

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