Latino voters in Florida could help Republicans win in key races

NY Post ^ | By Salena Zito November 3, 2018 | 7:35pm |

[11th_VA]

Leandro Ruiz Fernandez spent his entire summer in 2016 as a “super-volunteer” for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in the battleground state of Florida.

He made phone calls. He registered people to vote. Anything to help get her elected.

Then 18, he had just registered to vote for the first time as a Democrat.

“I was always interested in politics, and I always wanted to do something. I really wanted to see which party I could identify with. I saw Clinton as the best choice out of the two candidates,” he said from his home in the suburban Miami neighborhood of Kendall.

Clinton went on to win the 27th Congressional District that he lives in by a staggering 20 percentage points, but she lost both his state and the election to Donald Trump.

After Trump was elected, Fernandez said he wasn’t one of those Hillary supporters who was crying in the streets. He decided to step back, wait and watch.

Less than three months after Trump was inaugurated, Fernandez was forced to pay attention again when Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress, who had represented his district for over 35 years, announced her retirement...

[11th_VA]

The down side of identity politics for Democrats ...

[gubamyster]

But CNN told me Trump called them murders & rapists & now every Latino in the whole wide world hates Trump.

[Bell Bouy II]

Cuban Americans played by the rules(for the most part)as did all of our ancestors and I am sure they are not pleased with this “let’em all come on in” crap,so we will soon see.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

More like the down side of running on a socialist platform in communities composed of Cubans and Venezuelans who fled from it.

[Wuli]

“Cuban” voters.

[KC_Lion]

GOP congressional hopefuls Maria Elvira Salazar and Carlos Curbelo may pull off upsets in two Florida districts.

Woot! A great story, thank you for posting!

[KC_Lion]

GOP congressional hopefuls Maria Elvira Salazar and Carlos Curbelo may pull off upsets in two Florida districts.

Woot! A great story, thank you for posting!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good article. Nobody knows about socialism and communism like Hispanics.

The Cuban-Americans and Venezuelan exiles who dominate the district worry about the Democrats’ acceptance of socialism within their party...

Experts calculated Shalala would handily win this seat in a general election, but that was before her single-digit showing in the primaries.

Shalala’s inability to speak Spanish and her longtime DC ZIP code have hampered her chances. And she made the tone-deaf decision to invite Rep. Barbara Lee — known for both flattering Fidel Castro and fighting sanctions for Venezuela — to stump for her at a recent campaign event.

That is VERY heartening to hear! Shalala is just breathtaking in her stupidity!

Lastly, Maria Elvira Salazar is a perfect example of the rule of Republican Women in Politics:

[HighSierra5]

I’m sick of identity politics. You are either an American or not!

[Deplorable American1776]

I think Gillum is not going to win and Bill Nelson can go into space...