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Sun Aug 6, 2017, 11:03 AM Aug 2017

Florida's Trump critics are all over cable TV, but paying a price

It can be lonely in the pint-sized world of vocal, Republican detractors of President Donald Trump.

Even elected Republicans in Washington and beyond who privately wring their hands over outrageous tweets, false statements, policy flip-flops and chaos emanating from Trump's White House overwhelmingly keep mum. Polls consistently show more than three of four Republicans approve of President Trump's performance, so that's the prudent move politically.

But flip around the cable news networks and you're likely to see a prominent Florida Republican ripping into President Trump.

Just as Florida has an outsized influence in picking presidents, so does it have a strikingly large footprint in the small circle of Republicans denouncing Trump's performance day after day on TV — and paying a personal and professional price for it.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/floridas-trump-critics-are-all-over-cable-tv-but-paying-a-price/2332589

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