Val Demings Uses ‘One of the Costliest Hurricanes in U.S. History’ to Raise Campaign Funds

Florida Democratic Senate nominee Val Demings is using what she calls "one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history" to solicit campaign contributions in her race against Republican Marco Rubio.

Demings on Wednesday released a campaign video that highlights Hurricane Ian's "staggering scale of wreckage." "Death toll in Florida soars after Hurricane Ian demolished entire communities," one chyron in the video reads. "Ian may be one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history," another says. But that "wreckage" did not stop Demings from attaching a fundraising link to the video, which directs...