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Nevilledog

(51,064 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:15 PM Aug 2020

Biden camp taps Republican Trump foe Ana Navarro to rev up Latino voters

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-camp-taps-republican-trump-foe-ana-navarro-rev-latino-n1236063

MIAMI — The Biden campaign is hoping Republican commentator Ana Navarro, a Trump foe known for her salty quips, can help drive Latino and other voters to the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Navarro was born in Nicaragua and came to the United States after the 1979 Sandinista revolution "when my family fled communism and we settled in Miami."

"I became a Republican at the age of 8 because it was a party that was fighting communism ... that did not kowtow to communist dictators,” she said.

She called this an “essential” part of being Republican.

That's one of the biggest messaging points the Trump campaign has been pushing to solidify and energize GOP Latino voters in the critical swing state of Florida — calling Biden and other Democrats communists, socialists and communist sympathizers.

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Biden camp taps Republican Trump foe Ana Navarro to rev up Latino voters (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 2020 OP
K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
+1 n/t rzemanfl Aug 2020 #2
The party is so past Commie bashing. They now embrace it LakeArenal Aug 2020 #3
They're leaving the R Party in droves.. Budi Aug 2020 #6
Uh oh Trump, Shit's gonna hit the fan ! 😬 Budi Aug 2020 #4
smart move! nt ecstatic Aug 2020 #5
This worries me zipplewrath Aug 2020 #7
Where are you getting that thought from ? I have not seen one Never OnDoutside Aug 2020 #12
History zipplewrath Aug 2020 #13
Ah, ok, so you're imagining it, with no facts to back it up. Grand. OnDoutside Aug 2020 #15
Anticipating zipplewrath Aug 2020 #16
She is so funny with killer barbs! Karadeniz Aug 2020 #8
She's the female version of Steve Schmidt DeminPennswoods Aug 2020 #9
And here I thought it was tRUMP who was reving up all the anti-tRUMP voters. This is abqtommy Aug 2020 #10
Welcome, temporarily*, to the fight against trump awesomerwb1 Aug 2020 #11
Excellent DenverJared Aug 2020 #14

LakeArenal

(28,813 posts)
3. The party is so past Commie bashing. They now embrace it
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:25 PM
Aug 2020

Putie poo got his Manchuria Candidate

Navarro is cool as any other ex Republican

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
6. They're leaving the R Party in droves..
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:30 PM
Aug 2020

Gives hope for a reasonable meeting of minds someday.
"Everything Trump Touches, Dies"

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
4. Uh oh Trump, Shit's gonna hit the fan ! 😬
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:26 PM
Aug 2020
Navarro was born in Nicaragua and came to the United States after the 1979 Sandinista revolution "when my family fled communism and we settled in Miami."

"I became a Republican at the age of 8 because it was a party that was fighting communism ... that did not kowtow to communist dictators,” she said.


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Whoa..that was some brutal business going on in 1979 Nicaragua.

Welcome aboard Ms Ana Navarro!
You're among the best of company.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
7. This worries me
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:49 PM
Aug 2020

Now we have members of the GOP getting on the inside of the campaign and advising Biden. And I suspect these people will end up inside the administration afterwards. The Lincoln Project, RVAT, 43 for Biden, and many of these other GOP groups are going to want a seat at the table afterwards.

OnDoutside

(19,952 posts)
12. Where are you getting that thought from ? I have not seen one Never
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 05:35 PM
Aug 2020

Trumper even suggest this, in fact the Lincoln Project have been explicit about their mission.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
13. History
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 05:48 PM
Aug 2020

These are all professional political operatives. They aren't doing this out of a sense of charity. They'll still want to advocate for the issues about which they care. They will not turn down an opportunity to get access and influence. And Joe is a "work across the aisle" kind of politician who has already spoken of his relationships with other GOP senators. If he believes that his victory is connected to working with these people, he'll put them on staff.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
10. And here I thought it was tRUMP who was reving up all the anti-tRUMP voters. This is
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 05:19 PM
Aug 2020

actually something we have to pay to do?

awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
11. Welcome, temporarily*, to the fight against trump
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 05:20 PM
Aug 2020

Navarro is another one of those republicans who always says nasty stuff about trump and his enablers, but always finds a BUT to say something negative about the Democratic party.

In this case, ""I became a Republican at the age of 8 because it was a party that was fighting communism ... that did not kowtow to communist dictators". So I guess the Dems didn't fight communism and kowtowed to communist dictators.

So welcome* Ana

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