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the immigration close seems to be an awkward close for anything here in florida. is it having any impact this sort of national conversation on immigration in these races? we don t know because it was kind of so late and so explosive. that speech i was at it in ft. myers that the president gave, he not only talked about the serious threat of immigration, but he said that if you let these folks in, they re bringing meth and fentanyl and americans are dying from it. it was, wow, pretty over the top. however, let s face it. he had really hard line immigration rhetoric in 2016, and the conventional wisdom is in immigrant heavy florida, that was going to cost the president, and he blew the doors off. that s what i m curious about. there s some places it s going to be a problem. perhaps in a county like where we are, and you have multiple pous districts at play. but i think about what always, what was to me the example of 2016, pasco county, for instance. does the immigration rhetoric
coalescing for democrats? where are latino voters going and what does this immigration rhetoric do to the vote? remember, florida has always been a bit different in terms of the hispanic vote because of the cuban american vote in south florida. it used to be two thirds who vote in florida, it s now a third. so now they re probably slightly more. puerto rican votes. so cubans are now one third. as a matter of fact, when they were two thirds, president bush, for example, got to 55%. shows you how things have changed. things have changed. what does this rhetoric do to the latino vote? it s interesting to me, we were talking about it earlier. numbers, if you look on the numbers of interest in the election, we have seen a surge among hispanics telling us they re highly interested in this election. marc caputo and i were talking off camera. the early voting is 12% hispanic, which is four points
i haven t served in office. i did run in 2016, but i ran before trump got elected. the reason why i was running initially is because we have a lot of problems in this community. i do think that the demographics of miami-dade county are changing. we have a very diverse district, not just in mine, but also in my neighboring districts, 25 and 27. i think that people have been very frustrated with the way that washington politicians have been acting, including some of the other districts as well. but the excitement is there. i see it. i m the only latina running for congress as a democrat in the entire state of florida, so there s a lot of excitement in my community. isn t that crazy? kind of surprising. i m the only latina. i m excited to hopefully get everyone s support and i can represent that demographic as well. let me ask you this. when the president s immigration rhetoric, you know, it s interesting. it feels like it just doesn t fit here in miami. miami republicans don t us
what has worked for him before, talk about all of these issues with urgency and fear and scare mongering tactics. jake, the difference now from those clips you played before, this is the president of the united states doing it from the white house. that s why it was a bit more jarring than before. but i can tell you, i ve been here for a few hours now listening to republican congressman after republican senator and others firing up the crowd, not a mention, as you said, about anything. they, in fact, believe that this will be good, particularly here in missouri. claire mccaskill, democratic senator, is one of those democrats in a red state that is certainly in a tough race. so, that is why this immigration rhetoric, at least the president believes it will be helpful. the question is, will it be helpful in suburban swing districts in the house? almost certainly it will not be. but never mind the pure politics of this. the fact that he said divisions are being sown now, what does that me