Another high-profile Democrat jumps ship, deepening a brand crisis in Florida | Opinion
Opinion by the Miami Herald Editorial Board • 1d
With President Donald Trump’s trade wars and his waning popularity among voters, this should be the moment for a Democratic Party resurgence after last year’s election. But, in Florida, the party is finding itself in a deeper branding crisis as the third state elected official announced he is leaving the party.
So here’s the dilemma:
How can the Democrats sell themselves as the alternative to Trump’s chaos when the people elected to represent the party’s values in state government are jumping ship?
On Thursday, Sen. Jason Pizzo, who represents a sliver of northern Miami-Dade County including Aventura and Sunny Isles Beach, announced he was switching his voter registration from Democrat to no party affiliation.
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