{"id":579158,"date":"2023-06-18T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/miami-mayors-2024-bid-confounds-republicans\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T16:00:00","slug":"miami-mayors-2024-bid-confounds-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/miami-mayors-2024-bid-confounds-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"#Miami mayor\u2019s 2024 bid confounds Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/suarezfrancis_061523_ap_miami.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans are doubtful that Miami Mayor Francis Suarez\u2019s (R) entrance into the 2024 primary will have much of an effect as he looks to take on two leading candidates who also hail from his state: former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).<\/p>\n<p>Suarez\u2019s announcement earlier this week did not come as a big surprise, as he had been teasing a campaign for weeks. But his relatively low profile, not to mention his more moderate political record, has left his party confused.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Even Suarez\u2019s hometown paper, The Miami Herald, called his candidacy \u201ca head-scratcher.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he the hip moderate or the right-wing Biden baiter? If the latter, he\u2019ll be fighting for ground to which Trump and DeSantis already have staked a huge claim,\u201d the paper\u2019s editorial board wrote on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans have suggested he could be angling for vice president, especially since he\u2019s a Latino politician at a time when the party is determined to court more voters in that demographic. Whatever the case, most observers are skeptical of his candidacy, while others are outright hostile.<\/p>\n<p>One of the loudest GOP voices criticizing Suarez\u2019s entrance into the race is former Miami-Dade County Mayor and current Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), who has referred to the mayor as \u201ca complete fraud.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that he weaves a really good tale, but believe me, I know Francis Suarez very well. I will never, ever support him for president,\u201d Gimenez told Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others are more generous, suggesting the Miami mayor could be one of several candidates, including former New Jersey Mayor Chris Christie, who are trying to chip away at the frontrunners\u2019 support.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201c\u2026They could act as battering rams on a wall and little by little they\u2019re taking shots,\u201d said Daniel Garza, president of the LIBRE Initiative, which is an advocacy group that promotes free-market ideas among U.S. Hispanics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea for Mayor Suarez is to showcase his record, his ideas, and whatever else he can bring to the table,\u201d Garza said. \u201cAnd then take shots at the other candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suarez told ABC News\u2019s George Stephanopoulos on Thursday that he was running for president because he has \u201ca different message than what other candidates have.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cPeople want someone who can unify them,\u201d Suarez said in the interview. \u201cI was elected by 85 percent of and reelected by 80 percent. And as I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed the United States, from states like Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, [and] Nevada, what people want is for someone to bring them together. They want to know more. They want to hear more about my track record.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suarez, who\u2019s the son of former Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez, has since launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> blitz and delivered an address at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Suarez was first elected as a Miami city commissioner in 2009 and later became mayor in 2017. He\u2019s well-known for his interest in cryptocurrency and has said he wants to make Miami \u201ca crypto hub.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Suarez notably did not vote for Trump in 2016. He told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2023\/06\/16\/miamis_mayor_suarez_enters_crowded_gop_field_149368.html\">Real Clear Politics\u00a0<\/a>in an interview published Friday that he wrote in Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) instead. Four years later, he said he wrote in former Vice President Mike Pence instead of voting for Trump. In the same interview, Suarez denied reports that he voted for Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum over DeSantis in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suarez will also likely face questions over being under investigation by the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust for his work for property developer Rishi Kapoor. The Miami Herald<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article275653811.html\">\u00a0reported last month<\/a>\u00a0that Kapoor paid Suarez $170,000 to push a project. According to the publication, Suarez\u2019s office denied that a meeting between the two took place and Kapoor\u2019s attorney has said Kapoor has \u201cno record or recollection of any such meeting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a well-known face in Florida politics, Suarez has a lot of work to do to build his name ID nationally.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>This will be especially imperative over the next two months, as Republicans gear up for the first presidential primary debate in August. In order to qualify, Suarez will need to poll at a minimum of 1 percent in three national polls and garner a minimum of 40,000 unique donors and at least 200 unique donors from 20 or more states and territories.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a pro-Suarez super PAC, SOS America, launched a six-figure digital ad buy in the early contest states of Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got our work cut out for us,\u201d said Chapin Fay, a spokesperson for SOS America PAC. \u201cThat\u2019s why the super PAC jumped in this week and we are going to be working with laser light focus on getting him qualified for the debates at the end of the summer. That\u2019s really our goal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Suarez is notably the third Floridian to jump into the race, joining Trump and DeSantis, who has been polling in second place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many of our members, there\u2019s sort of this political love triangle with all of these Florida candidates that are running,\u201d said Armondo Ibarra, president of the Miami Young Republicans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All three candidates have laid claim to success in the Sunshine State. Trump had a big political presence in Florida before permanently relocating there after his presidency. DeSantis has touted the state\u2019s economic growth during the pandemic after he kept the state open throughout much of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Suarez, meanwhile, has highlighted Miami\u2019s impact as the largest city in the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiami is the economic engine driving all of Florida\u2019s economic success, so we\u2019re going to highlight that,\u201d Fay said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The digital ad buy the pro-Suarez PAC released highlights\u00a0Suarez\u2019s \u201cMiami Model\u201d in an effort to draw a contrast between him and President Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be focusing on Joe Biden\u2019s America versus Francis Suarez\u2019s Miami,\u201d Fay said. \u201cIn our view, the country is totally out of control, and when you compare it to how well Miami is doing, especially since coming out of pandemic, the record and the differences couldn\u2019t be starker.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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