Florida Democrats are denouncing Bernie Sanders for refusing to call Venezuelan strongman Nicolas M

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Both of Sanders’ positions play into the hands of President Trump and the GOP, say Democrats. The president just held a rally in Miami on Monday to denounce Maduro and socialism, an appeal to the state’s growing block of Venezuelan-American voters.


https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/21/bernie-sanders-venezuela-maduro-1179636

[mia]

1. Florida is the last place that Bernie and his Socialism will be welcomed.

Especially Miami. I hope that the Sanders brand doesn't stick to all of the Democratic candidates.

[Awsi Dooger]

2. I wish Sanders would have stayed out of the Florida governor race last year

Minus the unexpected Sanders endorsement of Andrew Gillum not long before the primary, there would have been less buzz around Gillum. Gwen Graham likely would have been the nominee and now the governor.

You are correct, the socialism tag hurts in South Florida. I was well aware of that because I live in Miami. Florida is an extremely complicated state politically. The genius outsiders who want to shove their preferred candidate have no clue about that type of thing. Then they sit back and can't imagine what went wrong.

Gillum underperformed in Dade County. Here is an article from two months prior to election day that warned about Gillum's problems in Miami, due to the socialism scare. As I've mentioned, an incredible 46% in the exit poll said Gillum was too liberal for the state:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article217956930.html

[mia]

3. Yes.

Bernie's endorsement was like the kiss of death for Gillum.