San Juan mayor Cruz to endorse Nelson in Florida Senate race

[DemocratSinceBirth]

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who earned the sobriquet “nasty” from President Donald Trump after Hurricane Maria, is endorsing incumbent Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson for re-election — a move that Democrats hope will help activate the Puerto Rican community in November.

Cruz’s decision to publicly support Nelson as well as Congressman Darren Soto underscores the degree to which the Trump administration’s failure to provide aid and other assistance after Maria devastated Puerto Rico last fall has become a common campaign issue on the mainland as well as the island.

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“Do you think Donald Trump respects us? Trump sees a Boricua and he sees paper towels,” Cruz said during a get-out-the vote stop in Orlando on Saturday, recalling how the president visited the island after the hurricane and insulted many for dispensing paper towels to storm survivors as if he were shooting a basketball.

“You deserve people that take your opinions into account. And two of those people are Darren Soto and Sen. Bill Nelson,” Cruz went on. “It’s very simple, don’t complicate it. Do you want Donald Trump to keep doing what he does? Stay home. But if you want real change, the kind of change that moves people to be better. It’s simple register to vote and vote.”


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/28/san-juan-mayor-cruz-endorses-nelson-florida-senate-747468

[OnDoutside]

1. Brilliant.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Every little bit helps.

[EarnestPutz]

3. Had to look up "Boricua".

It means a Puerto Rican, especially one living in the United States.

[Gothmog]

4. This will be an important endorsement