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babylonsister

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Sun Nov 6, 2016, 07:30 PM Nov 2016

Obama is back in Florida amid early signs of a big Hispanic election turnout

This Prez...all class.


Obama is back in Florida amid early signs of a big Hispanic election turnout
By Greg Jaffe November 6 at 5:03 PM

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“If we win Florida, it is a wrap,” Obama said Sunday. “If we win Florida, it is over.”

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After his speech, Obama spent a moment with J.J. Holmes, a 12-year-old boy with a severe case of cerebral palsy who had been pushed out of a Trump rally Saturday in Tampa. A White House photographer snapped photographs of Obama shaking hands with J.J. and standing behind the boy's wheelchair, according to a pool report.

J.J. said that he had gone to the Saturday rally to protest Trump's mocking of people who have disabilities. His mother, Alison Holmes, brought her son, who speaks only through a computer vocalization device. “The crowd started chanting 'U-S-A' and pushing his wheelchair,” Holmes said.

As Holmes spoke, J.J. said through his vocalization device: “I hate Donald Trump. I hate Donald Trump.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/06/obama-is-back-in-florida-amid-early-signs-of-a-big-hispanic-election-turnout/

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