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Zara Rahim? @zara915 15h15 hours agoJust left Orlando. The man who checked me in to my hotel was a teacher from Puerto Rico and moved there a month ago because he lost everything in Maria.
I said I hope he re-registered to vote, he replied with a smile, it was the first thing I did
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Orlando just got more blue I think, as well as Florida! Yay!
Farmer-Rick
(10,240 posts)It was a mistake for the GOP to write them off as unimportant.
There will be repercussions.
LisaL
(44,985 posts)usaf-vet
(6,237 posts)Guesses?
Predictions?
Probably the one which denied them the help they need. Also, the one which keeps them from full citizenship.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2naSalit
(86,951 posts)onlyadream
(2,168 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)Katrina turned Louisiana red.
cannabis_flower
(3,769 posts)most of the Katrina refugees ended up staying in Houston.
SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)With Katrina the GOP (aka Cheney) probably saw that as a good thing since there wouldn't be enough votes to influence Texas elections, but removing a large percentage of the poorest people in New Orleans would effectively flip Louisiana.
Trump doesn't realize, and probably doesn't really care, that his unbelievably callous attitude towards Puerto Rico is going to likely add enough former residents to the Florida voter lists to change the state.
While I hope that 1) he can't run for re-election since he is in prison or 2) that he runs and loses all 50 states -- it would be sweet if he lost by Florida flipping and even FOX news blamed it on the Hispanic vote there.
lark
(23,199 posts)changed. If drumpf turns FL blue through his total hate, racism, greed and incompetence - it will be just a part of his karma.
Grins
(7,263 posts)What a shame. (Insert evil grin here...)
Demsrule86
(68,818 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)and, hopefully he has a few forms of ID in case they try to stop him from getting to the polls.
IronLionZion
(45,659 posts)I hope most of them are
demmiblue
(36,917 posts)marble falls
(57,523 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I hope they VOTE out the a-holes that sucker punched them while they were down.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)...but don't go too far out of the area. You might meet another kind of southerner and they're not nice neighbors.