Worst "Democrat" In America... Think Florida, Of Course

Exorcist and state Rep Kim Daniels (D-FL)

You may not be a fan of Democrats like Joe Biden, Kyrsten Sinema, Debbie Wasserman Schultz or Joe Manchin, but it would be hard to find a worse example of a "Democrat" than the Bronx's Rubén Díaz, Sr., but we've come up with... well someone at least as bad: Jacksonville, Florida state Rep. Kim Daniels. Another anti-choice, Trump-loving, homophobic crook, Daniels is a "former" Republican, supported by Republicans in an all-blue district.

Where to start? How about the infamous, blacks were lucky to have been slaves remark? Snopes checked this one out and has all the proof crazy-lady said it. Did I mention that-- like Díaz, Sr.-- this delusion psychopath and fountain of hatred is a pastor? She "preached about demonic possession, claimed that Halloween candy was 'prayed over by witches,' and virulently opposed inclusiveness towards the LGBT community. In March 2018, the website Patheos drew attention to one explosive proclamation of Daniels’ in particular, reported in an article headlined “Black Florida Lawmaker Thanks God for Slavery”:

Florida State Rep. Kimberly Daniels thanks God for slavery, claiming “if it wasn’t for slavery, I might be somewhere in Africa worshiping a tree.”

State Rep Daniels-- like I said, a Republican through and through despite the "D" next to her name-- is no fan of Obama's. That slavery remark in context: "I would love to see a black president. I would love to see a black president, but not one that’s going to cost me my soul. And let me add this-- my babies, my boys, they don’t have to see a black man sitting in the president’s seat to know who they are. It’s in Him that I live and move and have my very own being, and if a black man [never becomes] president, Jesus is Lord and the Greater One is [inside] me. And what black people need to do is get back what the devil has stolen from them, and stop making it worse by working with unrighteousness… And let me say this to you-- I thank God for slavery. I thank God for the crack house. If it wasn’t for the crack house… God [would never have been able] to use me [as] he can use me now. And if it wasn’t for slavery, I might be somewhere in Africa, worshipping a tree."

Needless to say, someone with this kind of a diseased brain is also an anti-Semite. "And you can talk about the Holocaust, but the Jews own everything. We go through some things, but let me tell you something-- when you go through, you qualify to get paid back. You don’t need the government to give it back, God will give it back." And, apparently, no fan of reparations, Social Security or Medicare... let alone UBI.

Aside from Republican money, how does this crazy wing-nut remain in the state legislature representing a district whose electorate is made up almost entirely of Blacks (53.4%) and Hispanics (35.6%)? The Florida Democrats are apparently happy enough with her, having made her the ranking member of the Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee. Last year Florida Times-Union columnist Nate Monroe-- in a piece titled Please, deliver us from Kimberly Daniels-- remarked on Daniels' staying power. "She rose to public office under the Jacksonville Democratic political machine run by ex-U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who is now in federal prison. That machine made it a priority to elevate mediocrities like Daniels so Brown would never need to worry a competent rival might one day emerge. That strategy worked well for Brown for years, though it ultimately proved disastrous for the local party-- which now has a small bench of talented politicians and multiple former ones disgraced by high-profile scandal. And like Brown, Daniels pads her blighted political career with money from fixtures in Jacksonville’s Republican donor class, who are perfectly happy to look the other way for yet another stooge in Tallahassee who will support a pet cause or two."

Enough of this shit? Duval County Democratic Party vice-chair, Angie Nixon, a full-on progressive (a Bernie supporter) resigned from her party position to run for the seat Daniels is occupying. The primary is August 18. Blue America just endorsed Angie and we'll be offering you more information about her this week. But isn't this post enough to make you want to support her already?