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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 08:21 AM Jun 2019

Here's why President Trump has spent more than 100 days in Florida

With an eye on reelection during his entire first term, Trump’s politics and policies have had a Florida-first bias.


That only begins to tell the story of Trump’s Florida obsession.

With an eye on reelection during his entire first term, Trump’s politics and policies have a Florida-first bias. He boosted disaster money for the state after Hurricane Michael and approved more money for the Everglades. He courted Hispanic voters by cracking down on Venezuela and Cuba. He's tapped big Florida donors, with plans for a Wednesday fundraiser his campaign predicts will haul in another $4 million.


And Trump campaigned relentlessly to make Ron DeSantis governor and Rick Scott senator, marking the first time since Reconstruction that the state has had two GOP senators and a Republican governor. Under Trump, the state and national Republican parties are integrated into his campaign, which classifies Florida as an independent region in a nod to its make-or-break importance.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/18/donald-trump-florida-campaign-orlando-1366733

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brewens

(13,593 posts)
1. A lot of it's just plain old looting too. He rakes it in big-time when he, staff and
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:26 AM
Jun 2019

the secret service guys are all at his golf resort.

mopinko

(70,121 posts)
2. THIS is why we need to get rid of the electoral college.
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:42 AM
Jun 2019

when you run the whole country so that you can win fla, that is just not democracy.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
4. When this is over, Florida will help him escape justice
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:50 AM
Jun 2019

Either they will hide him somewhere inside the state or they will help him exit the country. They're already shielding him, and it's going to get worse.



Every day we're closer to becoming a banana republic.

sop

(10,192 posts)
3. How about the Russian hacking of the voting systems in Florida?
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:46 AM
Jun 2019

Apparently, the security breach is so secret Governor DeSantis had to sign a non-disclosure agreement before Trump's DOJ and FBI would share the information. Floridians still don't know how the election systems were hacked, to what extent and if it affected the vote totals.

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