RUFF — that's dog for "Hi," friend!

It's Kali, my mom Debbie's favorite pup (but don't tell my brother Spike). I've got to head for my scheduled morning nap in a ray of Florida's world-class sunshine soon, so I'll cut to the chase:

As a dog, I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of character — that's why I know Mom would be Florida's best senator ever!

Whether it's lowering health care costs, protecting Florida's natural beauty, creating more affordable housing, or restoring reproductive freedoms, she'll never roll over, even when the work gets ruff. And once she gets to Washington, she's going to work her tail off fighting for the stuff that matters to families (and pets like me).

But my mom is up against an ultra-wealthy GOP opponent trying to bury her campaign, so she needs all paws on deck: Please friend, if you're with my mom, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, in the fight for Florida's future, will you please sign on to endorse her campaign before midnight?

Being a dog means I don't know too much about stuff like "the stock market" or "the debt ceiling." But it does mean that I have an excellent sense of smell ... and according to my super-sniffer senses, my mom's extremist opponent Rick Scott stinks.

He doesn't care about protecting our families and our future, or if his fearmongering lies and barking-mad paw-licies divide our communities! Rick Scott's only in this to come out as top dog, even if it means leaving hard-working Floridians stuck in the mud.

But to compete with Scott and win this race, Mom's going to need all the support she can get — so she asked me to go fetch at least 20,000 grassroots Democrats to endorse her movement to flip Florida blue before 11:59 p.m. tonight.

(And full disclosure: If we reach that goal by the deadline, there might be a few extra treats in store for me!)

So I know I shouldn't beg, but PRETTY PLEASE, friend: Will you throw my mom Debbie a bone and add your name right now to endorse her for Senate and send Rick Scott to the doghouse?

It's the support from humans like you that make Mom's work paw-sible.

Thank you fur everything you do,

🐾 (Kali Mucarsel-Powell)