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TexasTowelie

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Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:06 AM Sep 2020

'Work like the devil': Joe Biden visiting Florida to woo Latinos

Joe Biden is making his first trip to Florida as the Democratic presidential nominee, while his campaign is acknowledging concerns about his appeal with Latinos, a voting bloc likely to prove pivotal against President Donald Trump in one of the nation’s fiercest battleground states.

On Tuesday, the former vice president will hold a roundtable with veterans in Tampa before marking Hispanic Heritage Month with an event in Kissimmee near Orlando. The visit comes as some Democrats worry that Biden’s standing among Hispanics is slipping in a state where they make up one-fifth of eligible voters.

“I will talk about how I am going to work like the devil to make sure I turn every Latino and Hispanic vote,” Biden said after a Monday speech on climate change in his home state of Delaware.

Biden doesn’t need to win Florida to capture the White House as long as he reclaims the upper Midwestern states that Trump flipped in 2016. But Trump’s path to reelection is virtually nonexistent if he loses Florida, which is why Democrats are focused on it.

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/367128-work-like-the-devil-joe-biden-visiting-florida-to-woo-latinos

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'Work like the devil': Joe Biden visiting Florida to woo Latinos (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2020 OP
we need to take every State we can so that the repug party can be destroyed samsingh Sep 2020 #1
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