The Republicans insist that, as some polls indicate, they will be able to control both chambers of the Capitol as of next Tuesday. donald trump He reiterated it this Sunday in Miami, where he came to the aid of his friend, the Cuban-American senator blond framewho intends to remain in the chair where he has cared more about the problems of Cuba and Venezuela than those of his electorate.
The electorate, who attended the rally in the southwest of the city, scattered when it started to rain, but regrouped when the weather was mild. And it conferred a nuance more typical of a presidential campaign than of intermediate elections, which ended up making the former president happy. A curiosity: Trump spoke in English, without translation and thus it is not clear if the attendees all understood him.
Nor is it necessary; With Trump in person and dozens of flags talking about the 2024 presidential elections, the need to re-elect Rubio was not well established. In fact, one detail showed that, despite their optimism, the Republicans still have reluctance.
It so happens that Trump did not invite the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantisto the electoral meeting because he considers him a possible Republican rival in the 2024 race. The governor had three rallies at the same time in the north of the state where, traditionally, his electorate is located.
Even so, Trump appealed for the vote for the governor and thus guarantee one more Republican victory. “I tell them that you have to vote for my friend Marco Rubio and Governor DeSantis. I call on you to vote for both, it is necessary,” said the former president. DeSantis is not “friend”, but he is “necessary”.
“We want to make America great, again,” justified the former president, being enthusiastically applauded by a crowd that, according to the county police, whose assessment is usually followed by the press, did not exceed 1,500 people.
“The socialist, communist and Marxist leadership of the radical Democratic Party is one of the main reasons why Hispanic Americans are joining our movement by millions and millions and millions,” Trump said in perhaps one of his rare mentions to the South American Hispanic immigrants, whom he rejected and reviled so much during his presidential term.
But the crowd chanted: “Build that wall!”
This time, Trump called Hispanics “great people” and “entrepreneurs” and welcomed them to the Republican Party. “To all Hispanic Americans in Florida and across the country,” he said, “we welcome you to our party and to our movement with open, open, open, beautiful arms.”
In 2016, when he launched his presidential campaign, he characterized Mexicans as “thieves”, “drug addicts and drug traffickers”, and “rapists”.
Outside the compound, Mariela Suasalito, a Mexican born in Guerrero, was making stuffed tacos in her truck, selling them for $3.50 and feeling happy. “I don’t pay attention to him, but as long as his concentrations have people, they buy me. It’s a business,” she commented.
In the midst of all this, with Trump’s personality and his enthusiasm for Hispanic Republicans in South Florida, the public almost forgot Marco Rubio. So much so that, when it was all over, he was lost.
