Biden rallies Sunshine State Democrats: ‘We can win Florida’
By Social Links for Ryan King
Published Jan. 30, 2024, 6:36 p.m. ET
President Biden had a sunny outlook in Florida on Tuesday, telling Democrats there “we can win” in 2024 — after years of electoral drubbings in the once quintessential purple state.
“Here in Florida, you’ve had a real dose of ‘Trump-ism,'” Biden bluntly told a crowd at a fundraiser in Jupiter, giving himself the sign of the cross and calling his predecessor an “unusual guy,” according to a White House transcript.
“We have to organize, mobilize the vote. I think we can win Florida. I think the Democrats can win in Florida.”
Biden, 81, lost the Sunshine State to former President Donald Trump 47.9% to 51.2% back in 2020. Former President Barack Obama narrowly won the state in both 2012 and 2008.
But Democrats’ fortunes in Florida have only worsened in the time since. They no longer have any statewide officeholders, which they haven’t won since 2018.
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