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Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:41 PM Oct 2016

Miami-Dade’s Republican mayor: I am voting for Clinton

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"Miami-Dade’s Republican mayor, Carlos Gimenez, said Sunday that he would vote for Hillary Clinton and that GOP nominee Donald Trump should step down as his party’s nominee.

“I’m not going to endorse anybody,” Gimenez told Jim DeFede on WFOR CBS4 during a mayoral debate with challenger Raquel Regalado, a Republican who said she is remaining neutral in the presidential race but won’t vote for Trump. “But between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I’m not voting for Donald Trump. Obviously, I must be voting for Hillary Clinton.”

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"On Sunday, Gimenez denounced Trump over lewd comments he made to a television host 11 years ago when the two didn’t realize their microphones were live.

“What he said in 2005 is despicable,” Gimenez said on CBS4’s “Facing South Florida,” a weekly public affairs program. “Donald Trump needs to step down. I don’t think he is viable as a presidential candidate.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article107085482.html#storylink=cpy


Oh @#$%, Trump's losing the Cubans! Does not bode well for his chances in Florida.

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Miami-Dade’s Republican mayor: I am voting for Clinton (Original Post) Scurrilous Oct 2016 OP
So he's voting for Hillary but won't endorse her....OK Cakes488 Oct 2016 #1
Baby steps. Scurrilous Oct 2016 #2
Thank you ayor. Good choice. riversedge Oct 2016 #3
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