Nikki Fried Loses Big to Charlie Crist in FL Dem Primary, Now She’ll Have to Find a New Excuse to Stalk DeSantis – Opinion

We’ve reported on the crazy hijinks of Nikki Fried, the Florida Democrat whose dream was to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis will be running for re-election as a Sunshine State Democrat in November. Sadly for Nikki, the universe had already determined that only one of the DeSantis administration-obsessed women running for office in Florida could make it through the primary – and it wasn’t her.

Fried, whose dreams are now ruined by her husband’s death, will need to find another reason for being fixated on DeSantis so that he can make it to his events.

Former Republican Charlie Crist, who’s also a former Florida governor, will face DeSantis in November. Despite all of Fried’s earned media, which gave her a great deal of name recognition, donors and prominent liberal organizations like Emily’s List and AFL-CIO all flocked to Crist with money and endorsements. As it turns out, somewhat serious people (giving these donors and organizations way too much credit here) don’t really think it’s a great idea for a supposedly non-fringe gubernatorial candidate to create and tweet their own photoshopped memes calling the sitting governor a “dick-tater” …

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— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) January 5, 2022

… or that insinuating that a sex tape exists somewhere out there in the wild by issuing a denial to an accusation no one ever levied isn’t the most advisable media strategy.

It’s absurd that I have to dignify this, but there is no sex tape. I’m sorry. We are sorry. Unfortunately, these kinds of rumors affect almost every woman who is successful.

— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) April 15, 2022

Sadly, this race won’t be quite as exciting without Fried’s continued presence; however, it wouldn’t be surprising if Fried continued to insert herself, whether as a paid provocateur or as someone simply obsessed with a person who likely doesn’t think about her at all.