I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

And welcome to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

Today we have a very very special guest to the show.

I don't know if we call her chief.

I don't know if we call her a Congress person.

I don't know if we call her future United States

Senator, which is what I prefer to call her, none other than Vowd Demings.

How are you doing today?

Well, you know what?

I am doing well today.

It's so good to be with you.

And let me just say, after 27 years in law enforcement enforcement I've been called a lot of things.

I answered the chief, I answered a val, I answered to a representative and congresswoman, so it's great to be with you.

Well, I love all of that.

I mean your success, your bio, which is something we'll get into, makes this actually a race down there

and we're praying for you every single day of the every single day of this campaign.

We start each of our episodes the same way which is kind of unique to my show which is that we ask our guests to walk us through the arc of their careers so people get a chance to really know you.

Walk us through the arc of your career in public service, you know, from being a chief of police,

from being in law enforcement to actually running for office.

And why did you leave a safe United States Congress seat to run for the United States Senate?

Well, thank you so much for that question and And look, I was born and raised in Florida,

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