{"id":55871,"date":"2025-05-24T17:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=55871"},"modified":"2025-05-24T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T23:48:43","slug":"kaitlin-bennett-back-at-the-lakelnd-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/05\/24\/kaitlin-bennett-back-at-the-lakelnd-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaitlin Bennett back at the Lakeland Farmers Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">videos by Jonathan Wayne Andress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0They began to assemble at Munn Park at 10 a.m. Saturday as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/downtownlkld.com\/farmerscurbmarket\/\">Farmers Curb Market<\/a>\u00a0was in full swing up and down adjoining North Kentucky Avenue \u2014 in red-white-and-blue outfits, red MAGA hats, and T-shirts extolling freedom; carrying American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They come to defend Kaitlin Bennett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bennett had been at the crowded market on May 17 conducting interviews with a whiteboard quiz.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"2c59a647-934b-46a3-b339-eb65911e9180\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-1a150c71c7e5f8a544d2e1bbf8ca7185\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-d3238bb085fc92875723fa67db9589f5 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Kaitlin Bennett at Lakeland Farmers Markert pt1 by Jonathan Wayne Andress\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RO3uSvTkat8?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=0&#038;controls=1&#038;start=&#038;end=&#038;fs=0&#038;iv_load_policy=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;mute=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Kaitlin Bennett back at the Lakeland Farmers Market\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She later posted some of the results with the title,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KT7q3qaQfBo?si=D3EgHo6aFmijiQr8\">\u201cDemocrat HOT Takes! Here\u2019s How They Really Feel.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 17, Bennett encountered Julie Townsend, the executive director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/downtownlkld.com\/\">Lakeland Downtown Development Authority<\/a>&nbsp;(LDDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The market is run by the LDDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Townsend asked Bennett to move out of the street. Lakeland Police officers came and said that, at the request of the LDDA, they were issuing Bennett a trespass warning, but never did.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"61a85fa5-318f-4a2d-b08e-487e525d1b9c\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-51abaa22632349caf3f8ec656eaa25d5\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-88afad18a93ab154db6087de1077ea22 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Kaitlin Bennett at Lakeland Farmers Markert pt2 by Jonathan Wayne Andress\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FUId-KIIuMI?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=0&#038;controls=1&#038;start=&#038;end=&#038;fs=0&#038;iv_load_policy=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;mute=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Kaitlin Bennett back at the Lakeland Farmers Market\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bennett made a video about that, too, entitled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8_9Gz8jT-Xo?si=XDA9eLY5ZEzFBOkV\">\u201cDemocrats Get Cops to BAN Me From Farmers Market.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this Saturday, May 24, Bennett\u2019s defenders came with signs stating \u201cFire LDDA Director\u201d and \u201cLDDA Violates 1st Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bennett eventually made her way to the park, wearing a T-shirt that said \u201cMake Deportation Great Again,\u201d to applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was celebrating a victory, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not protesting anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With that, Bennett led her defenders on a walk through the market, along with her videographer, right down the middle of North Kentucky Avenue with the other market-goers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTHEY CAN&#8217;T TRESPASS ALL OF US! Special shout out to Adam Francisco and all the patriots who came out to support free speech at the Lakeland Farmers Market today. We will not let the bullies win! This is MAGA country now!\u201d by Kaitlin Bennett.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"635c5b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #635c5b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499796230_1260179852135641_6202926694512987577_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55872 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499796230_1260179852135641_6202926694512987577_n.webp 526w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499796230_1260179852135641_6202926694512987577_n-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499796230_1260179852135641_6202926694512987577_n-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499796230_1260179852135641_6202926694512987577_n-250x250.webp 250w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I must add that Julie Townsend refunded all the vendors for the day, so thanks to all of you for supporting free speech AND local business! MAGA gave them a free farmers&#8217; market day\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>videos by Jonathan Wayne Andress \u00a0They began to assemble at Munn Park at 10 a.m. Saturday as the\u00a0Farmers Curb Market\u00a0was in full swing up and down adjoining North Kentucky Avenue&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzQ5OTc5NjIzMF8xMjYwMTc5ODUyMTM1NjQxXzYyMDI5MjY2OTQ1MTI5ODc1Nzdfbi53ZWJwP2ZpdD01MjYlMkM1MjYmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJLYWl0bGluIEJlbm5ldHQgYmFjayBhdCB0aGUgTGFrZWxhbmQgRmFybWVycyBNYXJrZXQiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.Bl9UpDCRXg6cBYnvW3Yir7ZXSDw37CPGNKgRmisVB7oMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":55872,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499796230_1260179852135641_6202926694512987577_n.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[11545],"class_list":["post-55871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-kaitlin-bennett-back-at-the-lakelnd-farmers-market"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55879,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55871\/revisions\/55879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}