Volume 96 Number 12 | NOVEMBER 7-13, 2018 | MiamiTimesOnline.com | Ninety-Three Cents President Barack Obama on Friday in Miami encourages Andrew Gillum on his bid for Florida governor. GILLUM RISES Political pundits late Tuesday said the governor's race too close to call K. BARRETT BILALI tion of the current adminis- [email protected] tration’s policies. They will view it as a mandate.” Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Choate predicts we may Gillum was less than one per- see further movements to- cent behind former U.S. Rep. ward the tightening of our Ron DeSantis in his bid to borders, the reversal of so- become Florida’s first Black cial services like Obamacare governor late Tuesday, and and warnings of tax ramifica- political pundits said the race tions. was too close to call. This We could see Trumpism heated and historic race was and Republicanism continue, not decided at press time, 10 she said. Choate also fore- p.m., but the race results are sees this as a day of reckon- leaning in favor of DeSantis. ing for the Democratic Party. After 24 years of not elect- “The Democratic Party will ing a Democrat as governor have to take a step back and in Florida, this elections re- reinvent itself,” said Choate. sults may determine the fate “There are going to have to of the Democratic Party, na- redesign who they are. They tionally and statewide, and lost because they did not re- the expansion of President design themselves.” Trump’s agenda. Chaote said the Democrat- Gillum rose from behind ic Party missed an opportu- in a hotly contested prima- nity to reignite itself after the ry to become the nominee. 2016 campaign. He won against four other “Vote for me because I’m contenders with a coalition Democrat won’t work any- of young progressives and more,” said Choate. “That’s people of color to beat better right out of Hillary Clinton’s funded and centrist Demo- playbook.” crats. Florida’s election, like Floridians had to decide many across the nation, Miami Times Photos/Gregory Reed between DeSantis and his was a mandate on President Anxious supporters at Andrew Gillum's headquarters late Tuesday evening wait for election results. far-right rhetoric, and Gil- Trump. And the Trump fac- lum, who has been called tor was centerstage through- close to call, but Nelson was the table. One primary op- these issues differently,” Gil- to be governor for all the peo- left-of-center and progres- out the campaign. slightly behind. There were ponent was a billionaire. lum said. ple of the state,” said Gillum. sive. Gillum remained stalwart reports that a legal challenge “I still came from a working Florida has a large influx The issue of a pending FBI Florida has been a key state and steady in his open crit- and possible recount was be- class household; my mother of white retirees who come investigation, gifts from lob- in shaping the political land- icism of President Trump ing considered by the Nelson still drove a school bus, my from more conservative byist and accusations of cor- scape of the nation. And this calling DeSantis a Trump campaign. father still did construction. states and voted for Trump ruption weighed heavily on campaign has been high on “stooge” and “acolyte” during It is still unclear whether “I’m still the first of my sib- in 2016. But Gillum reached Gillum’s campaign during the radar of politicos across their first fiery debate. the House of Representatives lings to graduate from high out to regions of the state the early voting period. the country. DeSantis, who entered the will remain in Republican school and graduate from where Democrats never cam- Nearing election day, the “We will see both the state Republican race for governor control or if the Dems suc- college,” said Gillum during a paigned, including Clay and Gillum camp put on a con- of Florida as well as our na- late, won the GOP primary cessfully gained enough seats lunch interview with Trevor Putnam counties. cert headlining P-Diddy tional leaders view it as a against a better-funded es- to take the reins of power. Noah of The Daily Show. By reaching out to these with endorsements from top legitimization of the present tablishment opponent based Gillum ran on a campaign “I do think there is some- Republican strongholds he entertainers. Rihanna en- administration,” said Gail on Trump’s endorsement. as one of the people. He thing that connects me to the wanted to fortify his state- dorsed Gillum the weekend Choate, adjunct professor of The race between longtime went through the primaries history of this state and the ment that he will be the gov- before the election. political science at Broward Sen. Bill Nelson and Florida acknowledging that he was history of the South in a way ernor for all Floridians. The R&B songstress asked College. It will be an affirma- Gov. 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The Associated Press is reporting that October saw dozens of racially-motivated incidents happen across the country, in- Trump’s potent toxicity infects others cluding the shooting of two Black people in a grocery store CHARLES BLOW, and eleven Jewish people in a synagogue worshipping. The New York Times The rhetoric resulted in the death of Americans; Ameri- Our national dialogue about racist and “nationalist” for the As The Atlantic has report- cans killing other Americans in the name of differences. diversity and inclusion, about synagogue shooter. As CNN ed, Spencer “gained inter- Florida showed that we were bigger than the deadly mud- acceptance and egalitarian- notes, “roughly four hours national notoriety just after ism, is poisoned, and Donald before the shooting, Bowers the 2016 election for giving a slinging. The Democratic Party put forward two Black can- Trump is holding a rather commented in a post that he speech in Washington, D.C., didates to run at the top of the ticket, one for governor and large pouch of poison. did not vote for Trump.” He As The Atlantic has in which he declared ‘Hail one for attorney general. Late October, we saw the once posted, “Trump is a glo- reported, Spencer “gained Trump!,’ prompting Nazi sa- We saw the entire nation rooting for Tallahassee Mayor arrest of a Trump supporter balist, not a nationalist,” and lutes from his audience.” international notoriety just Andrew Gillum, looking past race and focusing on the issues who sent pipe bombs through he has posted that Trump is So these folks are embold- affecting Floridians. The governor’s race started racial and it the mail to people who were surrounded by too many Jew- after the 2016 election ened by Trump, but now that frequent rhetorical targets of ish people. they have an inch, they want a ended with Florida’s choice. for giving a speech in the president, many of them Therein lies the uneasy alli- “ mile. Black people also need to heal and unify. When we have a prominent Democrats, includ- ance: The white nationalists, Washington, D.C., in which 2017, of course, was the first common goal, electing the first Black governor for the state ing former president Barack neo-Nazis and alt-right are en- he declared ‘Hail Trump!,’ year of the Trump administra- of Florida, we showed up and supported his bid. We saw that Obama. ergized by Trump’s election, prompting Nazi salutes tion. Black people can accomplish anything when they put their Then came a mass shooting and yet many find his white from his audience.” As always, this cautionary minds and resources toward it. at a Jewish synagogue by a ra- power positioning falls short note must be included: Hom- bid anti-Semite.