Shalala walks into anti-Castro buzzsaw

[brooklynite]

Politico:

There’s a simple rule in running for Congress in Miami: don’t campaign with someone who praised Fidel Castro and fought sanctions against Venezuela’s dictatorial regime.

But Donna Shalala didn’t figure it out until it was too late.

In a district filled with Castro-hating Cuban-Americans and Venezuelan exiles, Shalala’s campaign committed an egregious gaffe — and set off a round of Democratic finger-pointing — by posting an announcement that she would hold a campaign event Wednesday with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Californian, Rep. Barbara Lee.

In 2016, Lee had said Castro’s death should be mourned.

I think Shalala was completely unprepared to move into a political campaign; she seems to be running as if she was in a safe-D district where all she has to do is appeal to the base vote.

[elleng]

1. Damn

[WeekiWater]

2. Donald Trump lost this district by 20.

And one of the few real polls to come out of this district shows Salazar up 2.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article219862165.html