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Date: October 07, 2024 at 12:40:18
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Former FL GOP chair backs Harris after Helene 'trolling' |
URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4920120-former-florida-gop-chair-backs-harris-after-helene-trolling/ |
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See there? Refreshing whether we're seeing the darkest
implications of it all or the most hopeful, positive
potentials: Minds blinking awake everywhere, one by
one...
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The former head of the Florida Republican Party said he’s
supporting Vice President Harris after “trolling” from
other Republicans over the federal government’s response
to Hurricane Helene.
Al Cárdenas said in his appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning
Joe” on Monday that natural disasters have “always been a
bipartisan issue.”
“Both Democrats and Republicans have worked together to
assist the people in harm’s way,” Cárdenas added. “Well,
you know, the White House asked Congress to pass a bill
to — a supplemental bill — to really help people with
these disasters, because we may be running outta cash.
All of a sudden, the trolling, the Trump operatives and
everybody else started saying, ‘Well, they’re giving that
money to illegal immigrants.’ Not true.”
Republicans, including former President Trump have gone
after the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Last
week, at a rally in Saginaw, Mich., the former president
said the response “is going even worse” than Hurricane
Katrina.
“A certain president, I will not name him, destroyed his
reputation with Katrina,” Trump said of President George
W. Bush. “And this is going even worse. She’s doing even
worse than he did.”
Cárdenas said in his appearance on “Morning Joe” that he
believes “Harris and Walz may not necessarily be my ideal
ticket, but they’re not gonna put America in harm’s way.”
“And so I made an easy decision for me,” the former
Sunshine State GOP head said.
It’s not surprising that Cárdenas would back Harris as he
has been a critic of Trump in the past, once saying in a
post on the social platform X back in 2018 that the
president is “a despicable divider; the worse social
poison to afflict our country in decades” in response to
a campaign ad from Trump on immigration.
“This ad, and your full approval of it, will condemn you
and your bigoted legacy forever in the annals of
America’s history books,” Cárdenas continued in the post.
The Hill has reached out to the Republican National
Committee and the Trump campaign.
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Date: October 07, 2024 at 12:53:40
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Former FL GOP chair backs Harris after Helene 'trolling' |
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And that's what I keep saying...there are republicans
(old style) that want their party back and sick of this
maga BS.
And, if what I've seen is any indication, a lot more
than in even 2020.
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Date: October 07, 2024 at 17:44:16
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Former FL GOP chair backs Harris after Helene 'trolling' |
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You would not believe the difference in signs in this
red state. Few, very few *rump signs. It's a dramatic
shift. Last election it was a forest of *rump
placards.
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Date: October 08, 2024 at 12:38:35
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Former FL GOP chair backs Harris after Helene 'trolling' |
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Yes, seeing the same in this red county.
Been watching their rallies and events, too..they
advertise them in the paper, and are getting about 1/3
to half of the crowds and participation they used to
get.
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