Posted on 04/29/2021 12:29:40 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
MIAMI — The future of the Republican Party runs through Florida. And the future of the Florida Republican Party runs through Miami.
The state long considered the nation’s biggest battleground reported solid red in November. Florida is now home to former President Donald Trump and his children. Out-of-state Republicans are flocking here for fundraisers, retreats and to make appearances at Mar-a-Lago. The state is led by conservative rising star Gov. Ron DeSantis, an early 2024 favorite on the right.
ut Florida isn’t just the capital of Trumpism, and its electorate is no monolith. One Republican leader in the state has made a name for himself by rejecting the Trump vision and is now yearning for a GOP less focused on divisive politics and more grounded in solutions.
That’s the mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez.
Suarez is a Cuban Republican, but he doesn’t match some of the usual headlines surrounding Cuban American voters. For one, he didn’t vote for Trump in the 2020 election. He doesn’t have a great relationship with DeSantis, either, and has criticized him openly and done little to support him politically. He even voted for DeSantis’ 2018 Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum.
Suarez has transcended local and state politics and repeatedly found himself in the national spotlight over the past year: He was one of the first U.S. elected officials to announce he tested positive for the coronavirus. With just a tweet, he launched a campaign to court tech investors in an effort to make Miami the next Silicon Valley. He publicly disagreed with the governor on his Covid-19 measures on CBS’ Face the Nation. And, earlier this year, he met with President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the coronavirus relief package.
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Suarez is just a Democrat using the Republican moniker as a stepping stone.....................
Nothing but an infiltrator in the party. . . . they’re everywhere, they’re everywhere.
Sounds like one of Castro’s boys
An interesting guy. He, Liz Cheney and Mitt are planning a national convention at the Joliet Best Western.
That explains hiring Austin/Houston police chief Art Acevedo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Acevedo
Yeah, such a marvelous place Miami is, NOT!!!!
You’ve got that right!
“The Trump-rejecting Florida Republican who has a plan to fix the GOP”
“The Trump-rejecting Florida Republican”: The DC Swamp is full of Republicans like this who helped the Democrats “fix the GOP” and oust Pres. Trump.
How do you say RINO en Español?
Left loves RINOs........
Seems impossible to reject Trump and not be corrupt.
Nothing but a puff piece specifically designed to promote another dime store RINO.. You know, anything to attack Trump in the hopes of pushing assistant Democrats and fool many.
A Biden Republican in the mold of Liz Cheney, Mona Charen or the Lincoln Group lincoln logs? They can have their convention in a phone booth, with a National Review sign on the door.
Somebody needs to play Francis that great pro-Trump video of the Cuban band and singers that came out toward the end of the campaign.
So a Cuban Republican voted for a Fidel Castro lover go figure
Yeah, NO. Never heard of him. I’m a Floridian.
The far left nutbags at Polutico polishing a Republican turd.
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