Residents Of The Villages [#Florida] 'Came Out Of The Closet' For Biden

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10/10/20 10:25am



Residents Of The Villages ‘Came Out Of The Closet’ For Biden
Hundreds of pro-Biden golf carts caravanned from Florida’s conservative The Villages retirement community to a nearby elections office in what AP describes as a “warning sign” for Trump.


By NewsHound Ellen

Hundreds of pro-Biden golf carts caravanned from Florida’s conservative The Villages retirement community to a nearby elections office in what AP describes as a “warning sign” for Trump.

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The Morse family, which developed the community northwest of Orlando, has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republican campaigns over the years. During the 2008 presidential race, GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin drew a stadium-sized crowd with 60,000 residents flocking to see her in one of the community’s town squares.

But this week:

But on Wednesday, the scene told a markedly different story. An armada of as many as 500 golf carts gathered at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center to caravan to the nearby elections office, so folks could drop off ballots for Biden.

As each cart rolled into the parking lot and slid a ballot into a locked box under the watchful eye of elections supervisors, dozens lined the sidewalk, cheering and clapping every time a vote was cast.

In a related video, Villages resident Joan Branscome says, “I think we all came out of the closet for this election.”

This is worse than an ordinary loss of support for Trump. AP notes that older voters went for Trump by 9 percentage points in 2016 and they are especially important in Florida in this year. ......................

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[smirkymonkey]

1. K&R

[FM123]

2. So wonderful to see!

[Blue Owl]

3. Oh my -- Lindsey G is gonna have the vapors!

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