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Scott PowersMarch 26, 2018

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is releasing a new digital ad Monday morning that warns Florida Republicans that if Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson had his way, Hillary Clinton would be president. The 30-second video replays Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” a couple different ways, and adds her recent comments, made in a speech in India, […]

Michael MolineOctober 25, 2016

Cindy Conley stood with her young son outside a locked gate at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum, her ticket to enter availing her nothing. Such was the interest in Donald Trump’s first campaign visit to Florida’s capital that hundreds like Conley in her “I’m deplorable and I vote” T-shirt were denied admission. “Although it is frustrating, […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 22, 2016

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Like many other Americans, I’m really frustrated with the upcoming choice of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for president. Why? From the start, they were surely not the best candidates for the job. Also, this election has been extremely contemptuous in its negative tone and the hostile demeanor of both candidates. Each day brings […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2016

On Tuesday, Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli blasted Hillary Clinton over her untimely reference to half of Donald Trump‘s supporters as a “basket of deplorables.” The long-form Crisafulli response — billed as an op-ed by the Trump campaign — offers one more piece of evidence that Trump and his surrogates will use Clinton’s pejorative as a way to rally the […]

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