{"id":432700,"date":"2022-04-16T19:24:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T16:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-miami-mayor-francis-suarez-could-help-gop-win-youth-vote\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T19:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T16:24:47","slug":"why-miami-mayor-francis-suarez-could-help-gop-win-youth-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-miami-mayor-francis-suarez-could-help-gop-win-youth-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Miami Mayor Francis Suarez could help GOP win youth vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf389ee217\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf389ee217\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-miami-mayor-francis-suarez-could-help-gop-win-youth-vote\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_Miami_Mayor_Francis_Suarez_could_help_GOP_win_youth_vote%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why Miami Mayor Francis Suarez could help GOP win youth vote&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_Miami_Mayor_Francis_Suarez_could_help_GOP_win_youth_vote%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why Miami Mayor Francis Suarez could help GOP win youth vote&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>As the mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, 44, is the perfect politician for his crypto-bro, high-spending, hard-partying, tech-savvy, venture capital constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Fueled by his popularity \u2014 he won his first election in 2017 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/469085-miami-mayor-francis-suarez-overwhelmingly-wins-reelection\/\">by 86%<\/a> and his reelection in 2021 with over 78% of the vote \u2014 Suarez\u2019s name has also been kicked around as one of the top Republican contenders to watch in 2024 and 2028, with rumors <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2021\/04\/20\/nikki-haley-scouts-a-2024-partner-492527\">he might join Nikki Haley\u2019s presidential ticket<\/a> should she run, or even emerge as a presidential candidate himself.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what the post-Trump GOP looks like, the first generation American-turned politician (his parents both fled Cuba for Miami) speaks of a kinder, gentler Republican party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe post-Trump GOP needs to have aspirational, inspirational leadership,\u201d Suarez declares, from his HQ in Coconut Grove, Fla. \u201cTo me, it looks like someone that leans into innovation. To me, it looks like someone that understands our major demographic minorities, like Hispanics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he sees himself in this role, Suarez said, \u201cthe idea of serving at a higher level in the future is exciting. The fact that people talk about it is exciting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/francis-xavier-suarez.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Politics is a family affair for Mayor Suarez, here with his father, Xavier Suarez (right), who twice served as the mayor of Miami during the 1980s and '90s. The elder Suarez was also Miami-Dade County Commissioner.\" class=\"wp-image-21907278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/francis-xavier-suarez.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/francis-xavier-suarez.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/francis-xavier-suarez.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Politics is a family affair for Mayor Suarez, here with his father, Xavier Suarez (right), who twice served as the mayor of Miami during the 1980s and \u201990s. The elder Suarez was also Miami-Dade County Commissioner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut I don\u2019t want to do it for the sake of doing it,\u201d he adds. \u201cToo many people stay in politics as a vanity project or because they want to be important. I definitely feel a desire to do more, but I\u2019ve also been around politics my whole life. So, I know political opportunity is about timing and circumstance, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suarez is part of the first father-and-son team to be mayor of the city of Miami. His father, Cuban-born Xavier Suarez, held that role from 1985 to 1993 and again in 1997 (although he was removed from office after the election was invalidated due to massive ballot fraud; Suarez was not implicated in the wrongdoing), as well as serving as Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2011 to 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-parade.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Suarez with his wife, Gloria Fonts Suarez, and father (far left). Not only does Suarez lead Miami, he's also President of the US Conference of Mayors (as well as a practicing lawyer).\" class=\"wp-image-21907313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-parade.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-parade.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-parade.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Suarez with his wife, Gloria Fonts Suarez, and father (far left). Not only does Suarez lead Miami, he\u2019s also President of the US Conference of Mayors (as well as a practicing lawyer).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The junior Suarez has also distinguished himself as the \u201cfirst\u201d in two other categories: The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/13\/us\/coronavirus-miami-francis-suarez.html\">first American politician to get COVID<\/a> and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/miami-mayor-to-take-full-paycheck-in-bitcoin-2021-11-02\">first mayor to take his salary in cryptocurrency<\/a> (New York City Mayor Eric Adams quickly followed suit).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought in a million years that I would be famous for getting sick,\u201d Suarez notes of his COVID diagnosis on March 13, 2020, four days after he met with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his staff. \u201cIt was hard because I didn\u2019t know what to expect. And so, I took a chance and produced a video diary every day that I had COVID. And because I was one of the first people in Miami-Dade County to test positive, it gave people hope that you could get COVID, and it wasn\u2019t a death sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-bitcoin-conference.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Suarez is the first mayor in the nation to receive his annual salary (which is $93,000) in Bitcoin. His MiamiCoin initiative, launched in August 2021, has so far failed to gain traction. \" class=\"wp-image-21907455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-bitcoin-conference.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-bitcoin-conference.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-bitcoin-conference.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Suarez is the first mayor in the nation to receive his annual salary (which is $93,000) in Bitcoin. His MiamiCoin initiative, launched in August 2021, has so far failed to gain traction. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, many people did succumb to the disease, including family members of mine. But I was asymptomatic thankfully, and it led people to believe that there was going to be a large category of people that were asymptomatic, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suarez also turned COVID into an opportunity for Miami, when he asked, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/77ee0d8d-bf74-4cc3-bde0-a064ce074726\">\u201cHow Can I Help?\u201d<\/a> in response to a December 4, 2020, tweet posed by Delian Asparouhov, who works at the Founders Fund with tech innovators Peter Thiel and Keith Rabois. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zebulgar\/status\/1334991230531301376\">tweet said<\/a>, \u201cOk guys hear me out, what if we move Silicon Valley to Miami?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/peter-thiel.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is one of many techies who've become Miami residents and support Mayor Suarez's pro-business initiatives. \" class=\"wp-image-21907477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/peter-thiel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/peter-thiel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/peter-thiel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is one of many techies who\u2019ve become Miami residents and support Mayor Suarez\u2019s pro-business initiatives. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everyone was surprised when the Tweet went viral, including Suarez, who has now sl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed his \u201cHow Can I Help\u201d slogan onto socks and t-shirts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the idea of Silicon Valley relocating to Miami seeded, Suarez next took out a billboard in San Francisco, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/local\/article\/Thinking-of-leaving-San-Francisco-Miami-s-mayor-15963190.php\">telling anyone who wanted to move to Miami to DM him<\/a>. And many have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Miami now boasts a thriving tech and Crypto community with residents like Thiel, Rabois, Lucy Guo and more. In June 2021, he also lured the Bitcoin Conference from LA to Miami, attracting over 12,000 attendees escaping strict COVID restrictions. Just last week, the conference returned to Miami with over 50,000 pumped-up crypto enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mayor-eric-adams-1.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Like Suarez, NYC Mayor Eric Adams receives his salary in Bitcoin. Mindful of Miami's success in luring New Yorkers to Miami during the pandemic, Adams is now trying to woo Miami residents displeased with Florida's &quot;Don't Say Gay&quot; bill. \" class=\"wp-image-21907498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mayor-eric-adams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mayor-eric-adams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mayor-eric-adams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mayor-eric-adams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Like Suarez, NYC Mayor Eric Adams receives his salary in Bitcoin. Mindful of Miami\u2019s success in luring New Yorkers to Miami during the pandemic, Adams is now trying to woo Miami residents displeased with Florida\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see elected officials in San Francisco saying, \u2018F Elon Musk,\u2019 he gets the message and leaves. That\u2019s not the right attitude. That\u2019s not fundamentally American. The American dream is the idea that your tomorrows are better than your yesterdays. As a first-generation American, I\u2019m dismayed sometimes by the anti-American sentiment and divisiveness that we see in this country, because our enemies want us to be divided. We are less powerful as a country when we\u2019re divided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the mayoral position is nonpartisan, Suarez is a Republican, who isn\u2019t a fan of Trump\u2019s tactics (he said he\u2019s more of a Reagan Republican). Suarez <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/28\/trump-florida-republican-fix-gop-484807?_amp=true\">famously didn\u2019t vote for President Trump<\/a> in 2020. \u201cI agreed with a lot of things about the former president from a policy perspective: Moving the embassy to Jerusalem, the Abraham Accords, obviously the tax cut, having a strong foreign policy. From a personality perspective, that\u2019s where I had a hard time. If you\u2019re trying to be abrasive or trying to create conflict, I just don\u2019t see that being healthy for America.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/how-can-i-help-socks.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Suarez declared &quot;How Can I Help?&quot; when California tech leaders suggested relocating to Miami. The slogan caught on (as seen here on Suarez's socks) and helped Miami cultivate a thriving tech sector all its own. \" class=\"wp-image-21907502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/how-can-i-help-socks.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/how-can-i-help-socks.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/how-can-i-help-socks.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Suarez declared \u201cHow Can I Help?\u201d when California tech leaders suggested relocating to Miami. The slogan caught on (as seen here on Suarez\u2019s socks) and helped Miami cultivate a thriving tech sector all its own. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s also clashed with Florida\u2019s equally ambitious governor Ron DeSantis over mask mandates. The governor\u2019s so-called \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill has also deflated some of Miami\u2019s efforts to continue to attract new residents, conventions and business opportunities, Suarez said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy perspective is that we don\u2019t want little kids being taught about sexuality in the classroom,\u201d said Suarez, who is married with two kids. \u201cWe want parents to do that. But we also want to be a country that is pro-equal rights for the LGBTQ community, which is what Miami is about. And I think whether it\u2019s equality in housing or equality in job opportunity, the LGBTQ community is a community that is a large stakeholder in this country and deserves to be treated with respect and kindness as we do here in our city. This goes back to conflicted leadership, as opposed to persuasive leadership and aspirational leadership.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/miami-advertisement.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Suarez set up a billboard in San Francisco telling Californians interested in moving to Miami to personally send him a direct message on Twitter. Many of those who read it actually reached out. \" class=\"wp-image-21907509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/miami-advertisement.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/miami-advertisement.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/miami-advertisement.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Suarez set up a billboard in San Francisco telling Californians interested in moving to Miami to personally send him a direct message on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. Many of those who read it actually reached out. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mayor Adams has seized on the controversy with a recent campaign to attract Floridians to the Big Apple with strategically placed billboards and social media aimed at the disheartened LGBTQ community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not surprised,\u201d Suarez says of the move. \u201cThe mayor and I have both taken advantage of competitive opportunities to try to attract residents. And I don\u2019t blame him for doing the same. And I think that\u2019s the consequences sometimes of these cultural wars that seep into economics.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ron-desantis-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Although both Republicans, Mayor Suarez has clashed with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over LGBTQ rights. As Suarez sees it, DeSantis' &quot;Don't Say Gay&quot; bill is bad for business.\" class=\"wp-image-21907540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ron-desantis-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ron-desantis-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ron-desantis-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Although both Republicans, Mayor Suarez has clashed with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over LGBTQ rights. As Suarez sees it, DeSantis\u2019 \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill is bad for business.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another issue hounding Suarez is that the city\u2019s experiment in MiamiCoin, which Suarez has been hyping since 2021, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/miamicoin-gets-off-to-a-rocky-start-11649284847\">seems to be a disaster<\/a>.\u00a0Created by the nonprofit startup CityCoins, the municipal digital token launched in Miami in August 2021 (CityCoins debuted NYCCoin in New York last November.) The idea is that private citizens mine the coin, and 30% of the profits are donated to each city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea was good, in the sense of creating this benefit for cities,\u201d Suarez explains, \u201cbut I think some of the execution was flawed. It\u2019s a little too inflationary. There are 3.65 billion outstanding MiamiCoins out there, which created too much supply, which then depresses the price.\u201d Currently MiamiCoin is worth about a quarter of a cent. The digital currency peaked at 5 cents per coin in September before flatlining at the start of 2022. Although the private sector is losing out, since its inception, the City of Miami has received $5.25 million from MiamiCoin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-family.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Mayor Suarez and his wife, Gloria Fonts Suarez, have two children. While the mayor does not support Florida's new &quot;Don't Say Gay&quot; bill, he believes issues like sexuality are best taught by parents.\" class=\"wp-image-21907547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-family.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-family.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-family.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-family.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Suarez and his wife, Gloria Fonts Suarez, have two children. While the mayor does not support Florida\u2019s new \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill, he believes issues like sexuality are best taught by parents.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter @FrancisSuarez <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As far as taking his salary in Bitcoin, that only represents a third of his income. The position is part-time, and the mayor is allowed to hold other jobs. Which Suarez does, quite lucratively as a lawyer at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan LLP and Senior Operating Partner at private equity firm DaGrosa Capital Partners LLC. The mayoral salary of $97,000 per year is his lowest paycheck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suarez also serves as the President of the US Conference of Mayors. \u201cIn that role, I\u2019m trying to create an agenda for America that is based on a set of really basic principles, like keeping taxes low and investing in police. Instead of defunding police, up-funding police or investing in police, which keeps our cities safe, which is what we\u2019ve seen in Miami. And then leaning into innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Donald Trump answers questions while meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.\" class=\"wp-image-21907557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Suarez freely admits he did not vote for Donald Trump in 2020. Although a fan of Trump policies like moving the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, Suarez found his demeanor \u201cabrasive.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-supporters.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Popular and telegenic, Mayor Suarez is already being talked about as the future face of the Republican party. Whether this means a run for vice president or even president remains to be seen. \" class=\"wp-image-21907566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-supporters.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-supporters.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/suarez-supporters.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Popular and telegenic, Mayor Suarez is already being talked about as the future face of the Republican party. Whether this means a run for vice president or even president remains to be seen. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And while, like a true politician, Suarez won\u2019t commit to running in 2024 or 2028, he has strong ideas about what these next elections should look like: \u201cPeople are thirsting for a new generation of leaders, and it remains to be seen whether 2024 will be a generational election or not. Will it be another election of Baby Boomers, or will it be a new generation of leaders? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see a group of voters that want to be unified, that want to be inspired, that are a bit non-traditional in their views, but are fiscally conservative. They agree on the appropriate levels of immigration that\u2019s healthy for our economy and they want a strong foreign policy. The next candidate for president needs to understand these generational needs.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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