It marked the first time in two decades that a Republican governor had captured the county. In 2022, DeSantis won the majority-Hispanic county by 11 points. The political dynamics in the county, which has long been considered a lock for Democrats, has continued to shift rightward. Trump’s swing was buoyed by Miami-Dade’s large population of Cuban Americans, who make up a third of the electorate. Miami-Dade’s political shift to the right He went from losing the county to Democrat Hillary Clinton by a staggering 29 percentage points in 2016 to losing it by seven percentage points to President Joe Biden in 2020. In 2020, Trump lost his reelection, but he led a political shift in Miami-Dade County that was largely driven by gains in majority Hispanic districts. He has been credited with driving young Cuban voters to the right. If you have the last name Trump, it’s another system of justice,” said Enrique Canton in Spanish, who has stood in front of Versailles many times to make his pro-Trump voice heard. If you have the last name Clinton or Biden, you have a system of justice. “In this country exists a system of justice that is not justice. The Versailles crowd agreed with his assessment of the legal system. we have a rigged country,” before departing from the restaurant at Southwest Eighth Street and 35th Avenue, giving a thumbs-up through the closed window of his car. Trump also commented on his legal troubles, saying, “I think it’s going great. He seemed relaxed and very happy to be with the people, as always,’’ she said. “They stood over him and prayed together. She said he came in, thanked everybody for coming and paused with some pastors and a rabbi.

Prior to Versailles, Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the 37-count federal indictment accusing him of deliberating keeping hundreds of classified government documents at his Palm Beach estate after he left the White House in January 2021.Īmbar Sanchez, 24, of Miami happened to be in the bakery eating lunch when Trump entered. They were thrilled Trump stopped in their neighborhood spot following his arraignment in Miami federal court.

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