Bernie Sanders says he’s the Democrat best-equipped to defeat Donald Trump. But Florida Democrats insist he‘s the worst-equipped after his refusal last night to thoroughly condemn the Cuban Revolution
But Florida Democrats insist he‘safter Sanders’s refusal Sunday night to thoroughly condemn the Cuban Revolution. His comments onsent shockwaves through the nation’s biggest battleground state, where Democratic members of Congress, state legislators and party leaders warned that his nomination — and Sanders’s self-described “Democratic socialism” — will cost them the biggest battleground state of them all.“Donald Trump wins Florida if Bernie is our nominee,” said state Rep.
and his past refusals to wholeheartedly condemn Latin American strongmen and the Soviet Union have long been seen as fatal flaws.interview where he was asked about his 1985 comments stating that the Cuban people didn’t “rise up in rebellion against Fidel Castro” because “he educated their kids, gave their kids health care, totally transformed society.”
Sanders’ campaign dismisses concerns about socialism as modern-day “red-baiting” and points to polling, however, that shows he’s essentially tied with Donald Trump in Florida, just like other Democrats like Biden. As a swing state, Florida is traditionally more moderate than Sanders’s brand of progressivism. No major party candidate nominee here has ever called himself a socialist, nor has one been
Sanders’s positions on Latin America could be the most problematic in a general election. If leads to defections to Trump or, it could make a material difference In a state where Latinos account for more than 17 percent of the registered voters.
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