The eyes of the nation are set in Miami this week and it is no wonder, the democratic debate circus has begun well before the candidates take the stage on Wednesday.
Twenty Democratic candidates for the presidential nomination flocked to South Florida, all who qualified to participate in two groups of 10 in both debates of ideas and plans that will be broadcast live on NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo.
So you thought that Ringling Brothers was king of the Circus in Florida?, not so fast, Democrats are also taking the center stage.
For example, the former Secretary of Housing and former mayor of San Antonio Julián Castro spoke with local newspapers and pointed out that it is necessary “a policy of more diplomatic relations with Cuba to influence the power of the Cuban regime.”
“I greatly admire the strength and success of the Cuban-American community and I know how much Cuba desires,” said the Democratic candidate, who will take the floor of the debate at the Arsht Center on Wednesday, June 26 at 9 pm.
Maybe he wants Trump to attend a baseball game in Havana, just like his ex boss, Barack Obama did with the Cuban Dictator, Raul Castro, while visiting Cuba?
With only 1% acceptance among the Democrats, the aspirant Castro shares his chances of winning with the rest of the candidates.
Biden, who holds the first place, will bet on his “fair” economic plan in pursuit of the middle class and the revision of the immigration law towards the humanization and security of the borders.
Sanders is not far behind and will return to mention “the urgent need to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, the forgiveness of student debt and the fair payment of taxes of the richest.”
Likewise, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who stands out in third place with 12% approval among Democrats, only after former President Joe Biden and Senator Bermie Sanders, announces the completion of a community meeting, type town hall, in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, on Tuesday at 5 pm.
Buttigieg, who is mayor of the town of South Bend, Indiana, and marches in fourth place with 7% approval, will arrive in Miami just in time to participate in the Democratic debate on Thursday 27, after addressing the controversial case of the death of an African-American in dubious circumstances at the hands of a policeman in his jurisdiction.
On the other hand, the governor of Washington Jay Inslee, that appears in the second dozen of candidates with possibilities of winning, reaffirmed its position in defense of the environment, visited the Everglades in the west side of Broward County and made a call to the rest of the candidates for the maintenance of the subtropical wetland, the coasts and the sea of the Sunshine State.
“Florida, the Everglades and Miami Beach are epicenters for such an attack and fossil fuel pollution,” Inslee told reporters.
Likewise, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke, who occupies sixth place with 4%, will attend the Homestead Temporary Shelter for unaccompanied minor immigrants on Thursday, after being part of the Democratic debate on Wednesday night.
Not to be outdone, even a part of Donald Trump’s reelection team have also shown their own presence in Miami, with RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel stopping Wednesday at Cafe Versailles, a traditional Little Havana stomping grounds for any politician needing votes in Miami, specially the Latino vote.
Vice President Mike Pence launched Latinos for Trump, a Hispanic outreach campaign co-chaired by Lieutenant Governor and former Miami state Rep. Jeanette Nuñez.
