I gotta say that of all states in the US, you’d think that Florida would be super-rabid about the risks from global warming. Trump doing the “drill, baby, drill” thing…I’d think it would not sell well there. I mean, they’re the ones who stand to run into the largest issues. The state is a low-lying swamp surrounded on three sides by ocean that’s regularly whacked by hurricanes. I don’t think even Louisiana stands to get hit as hard.
The state has been described as America’s “ground zero” for climate change, global warming and sea level rise, because “the majority of its population and economy is concentrated along low-elevation oceanfront.”
Yeah, plus people living on the coast, didn’t even think of that.
The state is dominated by Republicans on the state level, as Democrats have not held the governorship or either house of the legislature since 1999. Republicans currently have veto-proof majorities in both houses of the Florida legislature.[5]
I don’t think that Florida has substantial oil or gas production as US states go.
And they aren’t a Rust Belt state. I guess older population, retirees from up north, so skews socially-conservative. And there’s anti-Castro sentiment. But even so.
And Campos believes Democrats are endangering fundamental rights to bear arms and to free speech, following the “same script” that led to the downfall of his home country.
“I see something bad happening here, and I can’t keep myself quiet,” said Campos, now an organizer for the Miami grassroots group Venezuelans for Trump. “If we don’t wake up, America is going to be another Cuba. This is the last war between socialism and democracy.”
“In South Florida in particular, the perception that Democrats are soft on socialist dictators in the Americas is extremely damaging to the party’s brand,” Rep. Curbelo said.
Maybe Cuba and Venezuela are a bigger factor than I thought. I guess this guy is kinda in the same position as Ayn Rand was after the Bolsheviks took over in Russia. Fled to the US, really, really did not want a repeat, engaged politically to aim to avoid that.
And they do mention social conservativism from Latinos and blacks being a factor too, not just the older crowd. Hmm.
I gotta say that of all states in the US, you’d think that Florida would be super-rabid about the risks from global warming. Trump doing the “drill, baby, drill” thing…I’d think it would not sell well there. I mean, they’re the ones who stand to run into the largest issues. The state is a low-lying swamp surrounded on three sides by ocean that’s regularly whacked by hurricanes. I don’t think even Louisiana stands to get hit as hard.
kagis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Florida
Yeah, plus people living on the coast, didn’t even think of that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Florida
I don’t think that Florida has substantial oil or gas production as US states go.
kagis
Nope.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/714376/crude-oil-production-by-us-state/
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=46&t=8
And they aren’t a Rust Belt state. I guess older population, retirees from up north, so skews socially-conservative. And there’s anti-Castro sentiment. But even so.
https://www.vox.com/politics/23848897/florida-red-trump-desantis-republican-2024-election
Maybe Cuba and Venezuela are a bigger factor than I thought. I guess this guy is kinda in the same position as Ayn Rand was after the Bolsheviks took over in Russia. Fled to the US, really, really did not want a repeat, engaged politically to aim to avoid that.
And they do mention social conservativism from Latinos and blacks being a factor too, not just the older crowd. Hmm.