Nice WaPo writeup of Ed McGinty (Florida man who is decidedly NOT "the" Florida Man)

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/08/trump-protest-the-villages-golf-cart/

Meet the 71-year-old staging a one-man protest in his Trump-loving retirement community


Ed McGinty is a rare protester in the Trump stronghold of The Villages. “When Trump won, it changed the whole ballgame for me,” McGinty says. “I thought to myself, ‘This was supposed to be a joke. What’s wrong with these people?’ ” (Ed McGinty is a rare protester in the Trump stronghold of The Villages. “When Trump won, it changed the whole ballgame for me,” McGinty says. “I thought to myself, ‘This was supposed to be a joke. What’s wrong with these people?’ ” Chris Stanley)

By Brittany Shammas

Feb. 8, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EST

For most of his life, Ed McGinty kept his political beliefs to himself.

Raised Irish Catholic in Philadelphia, the 71-year-old retired real estate broker has always been a Democrat, just like his parents before him. But the last time he remembers being especially politically motivated was when Hubert Humphrey ran against Richard Nixon in 1968. After that, he’d wake up the morning after Election Day, find out George W. Bush or another Republican had won and say, “Okay, well, back to work.”

Then Donald Trump was elected.

“When Trump won, it changed the whole ballgame for me,” McGinty told The Washington Post. “I thought to myself, ‘This was supposed to be a joke. What’s wrong with these people?’ ”

In the three years since then, the once-quiet political observer has transformed into the best-known Trump protester in The Villages, a sprawling, meticulously planned and maintained retirement community that lies about 45 miles northwest of Orlando. McGinty’s daily vigil with signs blasting the president as a “SEXUAL PREDATOR” (among other things) has drawn ire in the Trump-loving Florida town he has called home since 2016. It has also brought viral fame.

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[Cirque du So-What]

1. Good on ye, Mr. McGinty!

I like to believe that if I lived nearby, I’d be out there lending support. Few things, however:

1. I’m not retired.

2. I don’t wanna retire in Florida.

3. I don’t want to live anywhere near a cluster of rump supporters.

[Boomerproud]

2. Eat it Villagers.

I hope someone I know who lives in that Retirement Disneyland gets severe heartburn from Mr. McGinty.

[GemDigger]

3. A couple of days ago, here on DU there was a video of a woman in front of this mans' face and

he did a fantastic job of tearing her up for her stupidity. This man rocks!