Puerto Ricans are a surging, outraged political force in Florida in the aftermath of Maria
By Elise Viebeck and Joel Achenbach October 6 at 10:56 AM
ORLANDO — In Terminal A of the airport here, travelers from Puerto Rico typically say nothing at first as they pass security and reunite with their Florida families.
They hug. They cry. There are no words to describe adequately what they’ve been through since Hurricane Maria struck their island head on. They are also angry. In interviews over the past week, local residents and storm refugees have expressed dismay at the slow pace of aid to Puerto Rico and have derided President Trump as callous in word and deed.
That could bring political ramifications here in the nation’s largest swing state, where more than 1 million residents of Puerto Rican descent have become a powerful and coveted voting bloc — one whose numbers could swell as more residents of the island with relatives here permanently escape Maria’s destruction. By one estimate, at least 100,000 Puerto Ricans could relocate, at least temporarily, to Florida.
“This is his Katrina. He took too long,” said Ralph Persia, a retired police officer who was part of an Orlando family at the airport to greet three relatives fleeing the island.
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More hard work to deny the vote - the Republicans won other states that way in November - more will continue. 
