Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Andrew Gillum was almost elected Florida governor. Now he’s on trial in federal court
Yahoo News ^ | 4/16/23 | Lawrence Mower

Posted on 04/16/2023 5:28:22 PM PDT by CFW

Five years ago, Andrew Gillum was one of the brightest stars in Florida politics.

The then-Tallahassee mayor had a national profile. He won the 2018 Democratic nomination for Florida governor. And he nearly defeated Ron DeSantis, losing by fewer than 34,000 votes, or 0.41 percentage points.

Then came the fall.

In 2020, he was found by police in a South Beach hotel room in the company of a man who appeared to have overdosed on drugs.

And last year, he was indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of lying to FBI agents and defrauding campaign mega donors and organizations that believed they were donating to legitimate political causes.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: disasteravoided; florida; gillum; govenor
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-49 next last
Five years ago, Florida had a near disaster. If any Florida county had cheated just a little bit more, Andrew Gillum would have been elected Governor. The rot would have deepened even further and Florida may have been lost forever. Some people forget how close the vote was in 2018. 49.6% DeSantis and 49.2% Gillum
1 posted on 04/16/2023 5:28:22 PM PDT by CFW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: CFW

How times have changed. Andy would win the fixed ballot counts today.

Much more to come.


2 posted on 04/16/2023 5:32:21 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (Welcome to The Biden Clown Show.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

How’s his clean-cut, all American marriage goin these days?


3 posted on 04/16/2023 5:33:21 PM PDT by Gottfried
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

So what would have happened if the rats had just cheated a little more in Fla?
Well we found out two years later when they did it to the entire country.


4 posted on 04/16/2023 5:38:13 PM PDT by gibsonguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

I was at the snipes protest in 18. His supporters were rabid mental patients screaming at you through a bullhorn.


5 posted on 04/16/2023 5:39:17 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Let's Go Brandon!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

Is Trump endorsing him?


6 posted on 04/16/2023 5:40:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW
Gillam wasn't JUST found with a man on drugs....he was totally strung out and the other man was a male PROSTITUTE!! And the hotel room had urine, feces and vomit! UGH!!

TYPICAL DEMOCRAT....DISGUSTING PHONY...married with 3 kids and he;s doung drugs and sex with a MALE PROSTITUTE!

7 posted on 04/16/2023 5:43:53 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

Other than that, homosexuals offer no security risk whatsoever. Completely normal. Just like us.


8 posted on 04/16/2023 5:47:52 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gibsonguy

“Well we found out two years later when they did it to the entire country.”

___

How right you are! I’m now thinking back on prior elections and realize that they have been doing this every two years for decades. I suspect that if the truth be told, democrats should control very few counties in this nation. I’m sure that election fraud is what gave California democrats a super majority. Then they started implementing the same in other states one at a time. Oregon, Washington State, etc. They completed taking over Arizona last year by fraud and fake ballots.

I bet every “close” Senate race was actually won by the GOP candidate. The Georgia Senate run-off elections were probably not even needed because the GOP candidate probably won outright in the general. The same goes for so many House seats. If you look at an election map, it is a large sea of red with just small dots of blue in a few area. It’s obvious some (most?) GOP politicians (Kemp?) are aware it is going on but look the other way, or even participate because they are assured they will get “theirs”. Note that all of them (left and right) become rich within a few years of taking office. There may be a few honest ones, but they are few and far between and eventually become embroiled in the machine.

Judges succumb to bribes, threats, or peer pressure and just dismiss the cases on technicalities or procedural law without looking at the evidence. The deep state is real and it is more powerful than any of us realized.


9 posted on 04/16/2023 5:49:07 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: CFW

Hey Ronettes . . . Tell us again how your guy nearly LOST the gov race, until our PDJT the GOAT endorsed his RINO arse.

And y’all are pushing him, surrounded by Bushies, to run for POTUS?

That flood of Blue State COVID Refugees made him a Big Shot, NOT any MAGA bona fides.


10 posted on 04/16/2023 5:52:13 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Macoozie

I hope you are just “replying to the article” and not actually to me. I’m a Trump supporter although I appreciate what DeSantis has done for Florida by beating druggie Gillum. LOL!


11 posted on 04/16/2023 5:59:08 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: CFW

Typical libtard democrat sleezeball

Many would still vote for the turd


12 posted on 04/16/2023 6:00:43 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

I think you are exactly right. There used to be 3-4% cheat range limit. AZ showed
that’s no longer true. Lake had a 8-10% lead but Hobbs stole it anyways.


13 posted on 04/16/2023 6:05:52 PM PDT by gibsonguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: CFW

Yeah so? Is there something surprising here?


14 posted on 04/16/2023 6:06:16 PM PDT by albie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

Vote should have never been that close. NEVER. Was super PO’s Desantis never went after Gillums corruption. He should have pressed it and kept harping on it like Dems would do. Gillum should be in prison.


15 posted on 04/16/2023 6:12:26 PM PDT by Blue Highway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

In a just world all democrats should be on trial.


16 posted on 04/16/2023 6:25:44 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gathersnomoss

He could easily be elected. His “troubles” are only resume enhancements to Democrats who seek to elect someone “just like them”.


17 posted on 04/16/2023 6:32:25 PM PDT by sjmjax
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: CFW

The samw should have happened to biden.


18 posted on 04/16/2023 6:50:03 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

“In 2020, he was found by police in a South Beach hotel room in the company of a man who appeared to have overdosed on drugs.”

Wow, is that a whitewashed understatement. Like he was just innocently standing there in the room doing nothing!

“And he nearly defeated Ron DeSantis, losing by fewer than 34,000 votes”

Ugh? no. Desantis won by over 80K votes (still too close) but when they were done counting over and over they could only get it down to 34K.

They got Sen Scott down to 13K but still could not pull it off.

2018 was still a debacle and a test run for 2020 and they were not that focused on Florida anyway.


19 posted on 04/16/2023 6:58:16 PM PDT by pghbjugop
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW

“In 2020, he was found by police in a South Beach hotel room in the company of a man who appeared to have overdosed on drugs.”

Wow, is that a whitewashed understatement. Like he was just innocently standing there in the room doing nothing!

“And he nearly defeated Ron DeSantis, losing by fewer than 34,000 votes”

Ugh? no. Desantis won by over 80K votes (still too close) but when they were done counting over and over they could only get it down to 34K.

They got Sen Scott down to 13K but still could not pull it off.

2018 was still a debacle and a test run for 2020 and they were not that focused on Florida anyway.


20 posted on 04/16/2023 6:58:27 PM PDT by pghbjugop
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-49 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson