Floridians know Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio very well — but Donald Trump is outpacing both in the state’s early opinion polls.
He is hoping to maintain that advantage with a heavy investment in the state beginning Friday, when he arrives for a two-day swing — his first as a presidential candidate — with rallies planned in Miami on Friday evening, not far from Bush’s sprawling campaign headquarters, and in Jacksonville on Saturday.
Emilio Garcia, 73, and Manuel Alvarez, 76, both Cuban exiles and longtime Republican voters, also dismissed Bush and Rubio because they represent the “old Republican guard.” They prefer a non-politician and especially like Trump.
“Trump needs to refine what he says, but he speaks the truth,” said Garcia as he chomped on a cigar outside La Carreta, a popular Cuban restaurant chain in Miami not far from Bush’s campaign headquarters.
do floridians really know jeb well?
it has been years since he was governor. young people don’t know him. Old people have died. ,
Sprawling....isn't that something a dead cat does when arriving on the pavement...after a couple of bounces...?