Major Democratic Operatives Want Grant Hill / Dwyane Wade / Oprah Winfrey To Run For US Senate

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Democratic donors hope to recruit NBA legends Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade to run for Senate in Florida

....NBA legends Dwyane Wade and Grant Hill have rocketed to the top of the recruitment lists for some Florida Democrats looking for a strong candidate to run against Sen. Rick Scott in 2024.  There have been separate active efforts to get both to consider forays into state politics.... three sources familiar with the situation said. The Party operatives and donors see the need for a moonshot-type candidate to reverse the trend of Republican dominance in the state, in which most recently Gov. Ron DeSantis won re-election by a double-digit margin. Yet even they acknowledge that getting either one of them is a long shot....

.....“Grant Hill has great name ID. He would raise a boatload of money .....” said John Morgan, an Orlando-based trial attorney and national Democratic donor, who has spoken directly with Hill about his desire for him to run. “Grant Hill would beat the s--- out of Rick Scott.”....Morgan brought up the idea of Hill’s running for the Senate over dinner Sunday night with Larry Grisolano, a partner and the CEO of the David Axelrod-founded Democratic consulting firm AKPD Message and Media, at the home of Bob Mandell, who was the Obama administration’s ambassador to Luxembourg from 2011 to 2016......Hill, who played seven seasons with the Orlando Magic and lives in the Orlando area, has not been publicly political on a regular basis. He campaigned with Hillary Clinton in Jacksonville in 2016 and has criticized former President Donald Trump ...Hill did not respond to a text message seeking comment. He and Morgan are business partners.

Democratic donor groups have openly discussed the idea of recruiting Wade, who played 13 seasons with the Miami Heat, to run for the Senate.....Beyond having star power in the state, Wade has become an outspoken advocate for transgender rights. His 15-year-old daughter, Zaya, is a transgender model and activist. ....“My family would not be accepted or feel comfortable there,” Wade said on Showtime’s “Headliners with Rachel Nichols” last month. “And so that’s one of the reasons why I do not live there.”....“Dwyane Wade is a Florida legend, whose leadership past and present has a lot of folks in our state sending feelers out,” said Ray Paultre, the executive director of the Florida Alliance, a progressive donor group that plays a significant role in Florida Democratic politics. “We have seen former athletes, in both parties, bring something special to the political landscape......but he is on the list of four or five dream candidates to challenge Rick Scott.....

....Democrats in Florida have not won a Senate race since the 2012 re-election of Bill Nelson, whom Scott defeated in 2018. They have not held the Governor’s Mansion or either chamber of the Legislature since the 1990s.....“Top donors and party leaders know they need different kinds of candidates with pre-existing profiles to mount statewide campaigns,” said a veteran Florida Democratic operative, who was granted anonymity to discuss candidate recruiting strategy. “There’s a short list of retired athletes and business leaders who could fit that bill, and Dwyane Wade tops that list. There are definitely conversations underway about recruiting Wade or a retired athlete like him to challenge Scott.....”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/grant-hill-dwayne-wade-democrats-senate-florida-rick-scott-rcna83401

 

 

 

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Dwyane Wade responds to ex-wife's objection to their trans daughter's name change: 'This isn't a game'

.....Former NBA player Dwyane Wade responded to allegations from his former wife Thursday, after she said in a court filing earlier this week that he’s trying to make money off their transgender daughter’s “name and gender change.”....Zaya, 15, came out as trans in 2020, and Wade filed a petition with the Los Angeles County Superior Court in August to have her name legally changed.....Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, who was married to Wade from 2002 to 2010, asked the court to deny his petition in an objection that her lawyers filed Tuesday. She said that Wade “may be pressuring our child to move forward with the name and gender change" in order to profit from business opportunities that Zaya was offered, and argued that Zaya should wait until she's 18 to decide if she wants to legally change her name.

In a statement posted to Instagram early Thursday, Wade said Funches-Wade's allegations "have hurt our children."....“While none of us are surprised by Siohvaughn’s attempt to fight Zaya’s identity and her unwavering attempt to drag my name through the mud, I’m very disappointed that she continuously find ways of centering herself and HER needs, without regard to her children,” Wade wrote........In an email to NBC News on Friday, Funches-Wade called her ex-husband’s Instagram remarks “derogatory,” “untrue” and “hurtful," and she said she will continue to “love and protect” her children and do what “is best for them.” ....“I will also continue to do what the laws of this land allow me to do as a parent with the parental right and power under the constitution in courts of law and not the court of public opinion....”

"..... our children’s lives have been highly publicized,” she said. “..... has appeared on national television shows and in media reports regarding our child’s name and gender change. I am concerned that our child is being commercialized at a young age and also of the uncontrollable consequences of media exposure i.e. cyber bullying, statements and/or pictures taken out of context of our child, and unwanted spotlight focused on our child.”....She also said that Wade violated their custody agreement by allowing Zaya to transition without consulting Funches-Wade first....

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/dwyane-wade-responds-ex-wifes-objection-trans-daughters-name-change-is-rcna55449

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[Engorgeous George 593]

Well it worked out well for republicans advancing Herschell Walker as a candidate, so why not?

[EternalShinyAndChrome 1,753]

We have lost our way as a society.  Well, it was a good run, but when the perversion, hedonism, androgyny and trannies (and LGBT+ in general) become pervasive it's the sign that civilization is about to collapse.  It's happened before.

[bostonlager 2,008]

Dewayne Wade - negro with a f@ggot child. Good luck on the Florida senate run.

[Voltaire 3,793]

Florida Dems need some star power with lots if goodwill and name recognition because they are on a serious losing streak.

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Gavin Newsom considering Oprah Winfrey to replace Dianne Feinstein in Senate: report

.....Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is being floated as a potential replacement for ailing Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) should the 89-year-old lawmaker step down before the end of her term....Feinstein, who returned to the Senate earlier this month, has already said she will not run for re-election in 2024....Newsom has previously vowed to appoint a black woman should Feinstein’s seat open up....During the 2022 midterm elections, Winfrey waded into politics and endorsed several Democrats in high-profile races, including John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, Cheri Beasley in North Carolina, Val Demmings in Florida, Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin, Beto O’Rourke in Texas, Raphael Warnock in Georgia and Stacey Abrams in Georgia....

....On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported that Feinstein is being shielded from interacting with reporters and photographers on Capitol Hill by aides and the Senate sergeant-at-arms....A source close to the senator described her condition as “frightening,” according to the New York Times, as she has suffered vision and balance impairments and facial paralysis known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome from her case of shingles....As a rare side effect, she also developed encephalitis, which can cause the brain to swell and may affect her language skills, sleep and mood....

https://nypost.com/2023/05/24/gavin-newsom-could-tap-oprah-to-replace-feinstein-in-senate-report/

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I'm actually surprised Grant Hill is a Democrat.

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39 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

I'm actually surprised Grant Hill is a Democrat.

I am too.  Seems too smart and down to Earth to be a Democrat.

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On 5/10/2023 at 2:39 AM, Blue Horseshoe said:

 

 

Just got around to watching this.  What an idiot. Sure boob, Dwade had no prospects except a trans kid. 

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