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Just who is Tom Emmers?

Keep this in mind as he is running for Speaker....

Tom Emmer’s relationship with Cuba and Democrats may come back to bite him in House Speaker’s race

Emmer once buddied up with Barack Obama and other Dems on Cuba issues, a big no-no in South Florida.

In politics, there are always skeletons lurking, waiting to jump out of the closet.

For U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, who is running for House Speaker amid chaos on Capitol Hill following the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, that skeleton hails from Cuba and parties with the Obamas.

Already you might be catching the drift — the Florida congressional delegation, overwhelmingly red, isn’t likely to take kindly to this particular revelation.

Way back in 2015 — admittedly a lifetime ago in political years — Emmer filed the Cuba Trade Act of 2015 that would have lifted the Cuba trade embargo, allowing businesses in the private sector to trade freely with Cuba.

He introduced it with a Democrat from Tampa, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor.