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FLORIDA — The campaign is in full swing with conservatives and liberals clashing two weekends in a row in Tampa during conventions.

Last Saturday found the conservative Moms For Liberty's national convention and the Florida Democratic Party's Leadership Blue 2022 summit both meeting at the same downtown Tampa hotel with appearances by national and state leaders from both sides of the aisle, including Florida Democratic Congress members Fentrice Driskell and Charlie Crist and outspoken Republicans U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Meanwhile, outside the hotel, pro-rights advocates staged a massive demonstration.

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This weekend, thousands of conservative young adults are meeting at the Tampa Convention Center for Turning Point USA's 2022 Student Action Summit, hearing from nationally known conservative speakers including Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump Jr. with a possible appearance by his father, former President Donald Trump, on Saturday night.

While, outside the convention center Saturday morning, Florida For Change, Tampa Bay Community Action Committee and Women's Voices of SW Florida staged a Don't Facist Our Florida demonstration.

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