Attorney General of Florida facing Rogers film

The protesters confronted Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi, at the screening of a documentary about children's television host, Fred Rogers, and they questioned the Republican's positions on the issue. 39, immigration and health care.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that Bondi was escorted by police Friday when several members of Organize Florida confronted her as she was leaving a Tampa theater after seeing "Do not be my neighbor" about Mr. Rogers. Protesters have asked Florida to join a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act and Bondi's general support for President Donald Trump's immigration policy.

This is at least the third time that a Republican official has been confronted in a public place in recent days with the President's immigration policy that was separating parents illegally entering the Mexican border from their children. . Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Trump spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders left the restaurants in the Washington DC area after suffering friction.

Bondi's protester, Maria Jose Chapa, said it was an impromptu protest after someone spotted the Attorney General, who was a national contributor on Fox News and a friend of Trump. The video shows that when Bondi and his companion left the theater surrounded by officers, Chapa followed him screaming.

"What would Rogers think of you and your Florida heritage?" Removing health insurance from people with pre-existing problems, Pam Bondi! Chapa shouted, another shouted at Bondi, "You're a horrible person!" The audience watched agape as the procession passed by.

Bondi said Saturday in a phone interview that the protesters' actions did not match the lessons taught by Rogers.

"We were in a film about the fight against intimidation and the practice of peace, of love and tolerance and the acceptance of people for their differences," Bondi said in a statement. interview. "That's what Mr. Rogers means: we all believe in freedom of expression, but there is a big difference."

When the Times asked Chapa if the star of the documentary would have treated the situation the same way, she replied, "I'm not Mr. Rogers, I do not have the coolness or temperament of Mr. Rogers.