San Juan mayor Cruz to endorse Nelson in Florida Senate race

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who earned the sobriquet “nasty” from President Donald Trump after Hurricane Maria, is endorsing incumbent Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson for re-election — a move that Democrats hope will help activate the Puerto Rican community in November.

Cruz’s decision to publicly support Nelson as well as Congressman Darren Soto underscores the degree to which the Trump administration’s failure to provide aid and other assistance after Maria devastated Puerto Rico last fall has become a common campaign issue on the mainland as well as the island.

“Do you think Donald Trump respects us? Trump sees a Boricua and he sees paper towels,” Cruz said during a get-out-the vote stop in Orlando on Saturday, recalling how the president visited the island after the hurricane and insulted many for dispensing paper towels to storm survivors as if he were shooting a basketball.

“You deserve people that take your opinions into account. And two of those people are Darren Soto and Sen. Bill Nelson,” Cruz went on. “It’s very simple, don’t complicate it. Do you want Donald Trump to keep doing what he does? Stay home. But if you want real change, the kind of change that moves people to be better. It’s simple register to vote and vote.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/28/san-juan-mayor-cruz-endorses-nelson-florida-senate-747468

[janterry]

1. This is some of the help that Nelson needs

he is in trouble down there.........

This is one of the races I'm most worried about

[Historic NY]

2. Is she helping register those from her home that fled here to vote?

[paleotn]

4. Hopefully Dems are making a big push on that...

Those displaced by Maria, living in FL could turn the tide. Now wouldn't that be ironic.

[Roland99]

5. There really hasn't been an uptick in registrations

https://m.sfgate.com/news/article/The-Daily-202-Puerto-Ricans-who-fled-to-Florida-13110333.php

[peekaloo]

11. For some of these people it was just a temporary reprieve and they returned to P.R.

Others are still struggling to find affordable housing.

[mitch96]

3. I hope she has some weight with her people here in Florida

Scotts M.O. is just out spend the opponent to win... fucker..
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[calimary]

6. I hope this helps!

[Honeycombe8]

7. Well, she's a Democrat, so....

So she would be expected to endorse Nelson, wouldn't she? Or has she not endorsed people in the past?

[Takket]

8. "help activate the Puerto Rican"

I sure as hell hope they don't actually need her endorsement to be "activated". If looking at what drumpf did to their island wasn't enough than i don't know what to say.

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[Tatiana]

9. This will help.

Also hope Nelson will invite Luis Gutierrez down to help activate the PRican base.

“It’s very simple, don’t complicate it. Do you want Donald Trump to keep doing what he does? Stay home. But if you want real change, the kind of change that moves people to be better. It’s simple register to vote and vote.”

Yep. Pretty simple, that.

[beachbum bob]

10. Puerto Rican community best be active and register to vote, otherwise they deserve what comes their

way. No more sitting on your asses, any of us if we end to put an end to trump and republicans