{"id":318079,"date":"2026-06-24T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318079\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:30:16","slug":"florida-democratic-party-responds-to-closing-of-alligator-alcatraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318079\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Democratic Party Responds to Closing of Alligator Alcatraz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2013\u00a0 This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/florida-alligator-alcatraz-closing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News reported<\/a> the dismantling and closure of the Everglades Detention Facility, also known as Alligator Alcatraz.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to this news Nikki Fried, Chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe human rights abuses, the corruption, and the destruction of one of Florida\u2019s most treasured ecosystems are appalling enough. But what may be most outrageous is that Republicans squandered more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars on this cynical political stunt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom Democratic state legislators who fought for access as construction began, to members of Congress who demanded transparency, to the lawyers, advocates, and volunteers who refused to back down, this coalition of freedom fighters, Democrats stood united against the Everglades internment camp from day one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFloridians deserve leaders focused on the challenges families face every day\u2014lowering costs, making housing affordable, expanding access to healthcare, strengthening public schools, and safeguarding our environment\u2014not politicians who exploit human suffering and waste public dollars for political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2013\u00a0 This week, CBS News reported the dismantling and closure of the Everglades Detention Facility, also&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-318079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}