Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. “That’s why she made her first stop of this campaign in the Hawkeye State and why she continues to meet with Iowans in town halls, coffee shops, and living rooms to discuss her plan to build an America where everyone can get ahead”. “You’ve heard what they’ve said”. “A few months ago I raised my voice against Trump’s hateful rhetoric and standing with me was Hillary Clinton”.
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Clinton noted that Florida was hit particularly hard by the recession that began in 2008. Clinton said, noting Scott’s rejection in 2011 of $2 billion in federal money for high-speed rail. “I’m running for my first term”, she said.
There was a strong effort to showcase diversity at the event and appeal to Hispanics, especially the Puerto Ricans who have flocked to the region as the USA territory experiences a prolonged recession.
Clinton delivered her remarks before hundreds of enthusiastic supporters crowded into a gymnasium who waved signs in English and Spanish.
Florida will play a critical role in the general election and the state has been kind to the Clintons in the past.
Florida’s moderate leanings are well suited to the Clinton’s traditional brand of centrist politics.
To make matters worse for Clinton, before she announced the date, she looked down at the podium to check her prepared speech.
Second, Mr. Sanders embodies a pure play candidate for a progressive populist agenda that has powerful and, I would argue, majority support from American voters.
“Florida is so much a symbol of America – diverse, dynamic, optimistic”, Clinton said. “Actually being involved in the community and it’s very important because we are the largest swing state”, added Gaitan. Of the respondents, 672 were Republicans, while 573 identified as Democrats.
In the head-to-head pairings, Sanders “does just as well, or even better, against top Republicans” than Clinton, according to Douglas Schwartz, the Quinnipiac poll director. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida by name for proposing big cuts in highway funding. “How will she pay for it all?” the GOP asks.
Hillary Clinton fired up an enthusiastic crowd in Orlando on Wednesday, blasting the Republican presidential contenders for waging a divisive, insult-filled campaign.
Clinton has said she plans to spend $275 billion to fix the nation’s aging transportation system.
“We can pray all we want”, she said.
Clinton’s latest trip through Florida included a number of fundraisers.
She has rallies in Tampa planned for Thursday.
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“It is time for us to say, we’re going to have comprehensive background checks, we’re going to close the gun show loophole”, she promised in remarks that occurred before news of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
