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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 04:48 PM Aug 2020

Kamala Harris, Rep. Mucarsel Powell pitch to Miami Hispanics

Source: Florida Politics

The Joe Biden campaign played to Miami Latinos Saturday, delegating Kamala Harris and Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to helm a roundtable and launch a new Hispanic small business outreach program.

The Florida-centric launch of “Nuestros Negocios, Nuestro Futuro” is no coincidence, given Florida’s diverse Hispanic communities and strong Republican inroads into a number of them,

Harris offered a Florida-specific piece of messaging, saying President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis “have failed to manage the coronavirus.” Beyond that blast, however, most of the messaging was big picture, alternating statistics about how Hispanic businesses, “the lifeblood of the communities,” are suffering with road-tested lines contrasting the Biden and Trump tickets.

Harris said these roundtables would happen elsewhere in the country, combating “suppression and misinformation campaigns” that are designed to make “our communities confused and fearful” about voting.

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/362882-harris-dmp-miami-latino

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Kamala Harris, Rep. Mucarsel Powell pitch to Miami Hispanics (Original Post) TomCADem Aug 2020 OP
Enough?'Harris offered a Florida-specific piece of messaging, elleng Aug 2020 #1
Kamala could be the one to turn Florida blue. I believe that. Between Miami, Tampa & Orlando... ancianita Aug 2020 #2
+1 Go Harris! appalachiablue Aug 2020 #4
At some point, the Dems need to drop the oligarch bomb on the GOP, and name Rethug names. ancianita Aug 2020 #3
Florida would be an incalcuable prize for Dems to win bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #5

elleng

(130,964 posts)
1. Enough?'Harris offered a Florida-specific piece of messaging,
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 05:00 PM
Aug 2020

saying President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis “have failed to manage the coronavirus.” Beyond that blast, however, most of the messaging was big picture, alternating statistics about how Hispanic businesses, “the lifeblood of the communities,” are suffering with road-tested lines contrasting the Biden and Trump tickets.

Harris said these roundtables would happen elsewhere in the country, combating “suppression and misinformation campaigns” that are designed to make “our communities confused and fearful” about voting.'

ancianita

(36,064 posts)
3. At some point, the Dems need to drop the oligarch bomb on the GOP, and name Rethug names.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 05:28 PM
Aug 2020

It could his the papers, shake up the entire media and general election.

Marco Rubio is second only to Mitch McConnell in taking Russian money this past year.

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