Bakari Sellers
Role at the time: CNN political commentator and co-host of Native Land Pod
Challenged the characterization
Response to this claim
Bakari Sellers said on CNN on August 19, 2026 that Democrats will not be wasting money in Florida now because it is a Senate seat Democrats were not going to win, and that the money will go instead to states such as North Carolina, Ohio and possibly Iowa.
“Florida is not a state that is a primary target if we're going to take the United States Senate back.”