Florida Dem who scored upset primary victory haunted by city's corruption probe

[libertybele]

Well, that didn't take long!     

Florida Dem who scored upset primary victory haunted by city's corruption probe


Liberal Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, fresh off his upset victory in Florida’s gubernatorial primary, is being showered with praise from big Democratic socialists like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – all eager for an epic ideological clash in the race against Trump-backed GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis.

But back home in Florida, Gillum is grappling with a controversy that could distract from this political war of ideas: the ongoing FBI investigation into possible corruption in Tallahassee, the city he has led since 2014.

Gillum has denied wrongdoing and said the FBI has told him he is not a focus of the investigation.

But Republicans, in the aftermath of Gillum’s primary win, are doing everything they can to draw attention to Gillum’s link to the probe and make sure it casts a shadow over his campaign.

“He is embroiled in a lot of corruption scandals,” Gillum’s Republican opponent DeSantis, who won the GOP nomination for governor Tuesday, said on Fox News. “This guy can't even run the city of Tallahassee. There is no way Florida voters can entrust him with our entire state.”..........

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/29/florida-dem-who-scored-upset-primary-victory-haunted-by-citys-corruption-probe.html

[Wingnut]

Well that news might throw a monkey wrench into his campaign.

[dfwgator]

Well that news might throw a monkey wrench into his campaign.

[Fantom]

Corruption for a democrat/leftist is a feature..not a bug.

[libertybele]

Yeppers .... but he's of course claiming innocent and the FBI says that's he's not a focus of the investigation. 

[Fishrrman]

"Florida Dem who scored upset primary victory haunted by city's corruption probe"

Dat sounds like too much monkey business goin' on behind the scenes to me!