community Jennifer Zimmerman seeks to unseat incumbent Gaetz in Fla. panhandle A Catholic with a Jewish family, she asks how Gaetz can be hanging out with Holocaust denier by Jerry Gordon As the mid-term elections approach, Jennifer Zimmerman is working at her medical pediatric clinic in a rural area of Florida’s panhandle while campaigning against the Republican incumbent in the First Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. She noted the response to Hurricane Michael as just the latest example of how Gaetz is tonedeaf to the concerns of the district. A Twitter storm erupted as Gaetz flew from Orlando to Washington just before the hurricane hit, while Zimmerman said it was not “in her nature to leave” in the face of a disaster, and reached out to those in need in the second Congressional district, further down the panhandle where the damage was catastrophic. Florida Politics noted “A pediatrician by trade, she held donation drives at her former Jerry Gordon is a registered Republican voter in Florida’s 1st Congressional District and co-host of the weekly Israel News Talk Radio-Beyond the Matrix program aired from Jerusalem.
Kidscare Pediatrics office in Pace to help storm survivors while Gaetz headed to Washington for an interview many dismiss as politically motivated.” Gaetz stated he could do more to help by coordinating the response in Washington, adding that his flight from Orlando to Washington was in coach. For Jews and supporters of Israel, Zimmerman is perplexed about Gaetz’s two meetings with acknowledged holocaust denier Chuck Johnson at both the January 2018 State of the Union address and at a fundraising appearance on a yacht of a California co-founder of the Republican Jewish Coalition in mid-July. She also noted Gaetz avoided a Congressional candidates debate in Pensacola that weekend with Zimmerman and Republican contenders. She also points out Gaetz’s lone “no” vote against an overwhelmingly bi-partisan bill against human trafficking, followed by another “no” vote on a bi-partisan sex trafficking online bill. Gaetz has gone on record of being in favor of abolishing the Environment Protec-
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tion Agency, while lauding his House bill to authorize the expansion of medical marijuana research permits. Meanwhile, Zimmerman is contending daily with discussions by parents of her patients about abuse of opiod and medical marijuana prescriptions. In a news release in mid-September, Zimmerman contrasted Gaetz’s insensitivities with her own background as a successful Filipino immigrant doctor married to a Jew originally from the Bronx, raising Jewish children. Zimmerman stated, “It is completely unacceptable that Gaetz continues to embarrass his district by associating with openly anti-Semitic instigators and then lying about his whereabouts. Gaetz’s actions disrespect not only his constituents, but also those who bravely fought the Nazis in hopes of ending the very atrocities Mr. Johnson denies, including my own father, James Mijares, as well as my father-in-law Solomon Brooks. “Furthermore,” she added, “Gaetz is obligated to fairly represent all constituents in Florida District One, including my Jewish husband and
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