Mitch Perry Report for 7.29.16 — Goodbye from Philadelphia

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Good morning,

Well, I’m glad it just started raining in Philadelphia, because I didn’t set an alarm, and a plane awaits to go to whisk me to Tampa in a few hours, so not much time for any insights from this week. Let’s just say this: When Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim-American soldier slain in Iraq, stared at the camera and Donald Trump and said, “In this document, look for the words ‘liberty’ and ‘equal protection of law,'” it was an incredibly powerful moment.

There were actually a lot of them last night leading up to Hillary Clinton giving her acceptance speech as the Democratic nominee for president.

That included the drama of Bernie Sanders supporters in the hall calling out “no more war” as Gen. John Allen gave a fierce endorsement for Clinton. Anyway, really, there’s no time to thinks, so …

In other news:

Before the main event, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave a speech invoking the spirit of his late father, Mario Cuomo.

There’s been a whole lot of Donald Trump trash talking this week in Tallahassee, and in the Florida Delegation Breakfasts, comparisons between Trump and Rick Scott were plentiful. Gwen Graham parroted Michael Bloomberg in saying the two represent the “con men” wing of the GOP, while Howard Dean went there with his “neanderthal nincompoops” line.

Activist Lauren Book is headed for the state Senate, and the Broward County Democrat challenged members of the delegation yesterday to ask why they traveled so far to be a part of the DNC yesterday.

Janet Cruz, the Tampa House Democrat and incoming Minority Leader in Tallahassee, believes the Dems can flip six House seats from red to blue this fall.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told Florida Democrats he’ll individually sign over 206,000 forms to allow ex-felons get the right to vote this year, undoubtedly making them jealous they don’t have a governor who would do the same.

Donald Trump is mentioned more often than Hillary Clinton among Florida Facebook users, I learned at the convention.

Mitch Perry

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served five years as political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. Mitch also was assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley and is a San Francisco native who has lived in Tampa since 2000. Mitch can be reached at [email protected].



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