President Biden had an optimistic outlook in Florida on Tuesday, telling Democrats that “we can win” in 2024, after years of election losses in the once quintessential purple state.
“Here in Florida, you’ve had a real dose of ‘Trumpism,’” Biden bluntly told a crowd at a fundraiser in Jupiter, making the sign of the cross and calling his predecessor an “unusual guy.” according to a White House transcript.
“We have to organize, mobilize the vote. I think we can win Florida. I think Democrats can win in Florida.”
Biden, 81, lost the Sunshine State to former President Donald Trump by 47.9% to 51.2% in 2020.
Former President Barack Obama narrowly won the state in both 2012 and 2008.
But the Democrats’ fortunes in Florida have only worsened since then. They no longer have state officials, who have not won since 2018.
Races that were once competitive have recently become a landslide victory for Republicans.
For example, in 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis led his Democratic rival and predecessor, Charlie Crist, by nearly 20 percentage points.
During his first election in 2018, DeSantis had barely won by less than 1 percentage point. A similar phenomenon has also occurred in the Senate elections.
President Biden urged Democrats to mobilize and continue the fight in Florida. REUTERS
Around 2018, Democrats had about 257,175 more registered voters than Republicans, according to the Florida Division of Elections.
Now, Republicans have 779,701 more registered votersaccording to the most recent figures from 2023.
Last year, DeSantis praised the Republican Party’s turnaround in Florida, chastising that the Democratic Party has become a “dead, rotting corpse” in his state.
In addition to being the home territory of DeSantis, who ended his presidential bid earlier this month, Florida is also Trump’s home state.
Still, during his foray into Trump country, Biden remained optimistic.
President Biden called Donald Trump an “unusual guy.” AFP via Getty Images
“When we do that, we will be able to look back and say something that few generations are able to say: When American democracy was at risk, as it is now, we saved it,” he continued during his remarks at the Pelican. Club Tuesday.
Biden also stressed: “We have to keep the White House, we have to keep the Senate and we have to take back the House.”
The Post contacted the governor’s office for comment.
Ron DeSantis has applauded the Democratic Party’s weaknesses in the once-battleground state. AP
Trump, 77, the favorite for the Republican nod, has, on the contrary, conveyed the hope of being able to flip the deeply blue states in November.
“One of the other things I’m going to do, and I might be a fool to do it, is I’m going to make a strong play for New York, a strong play for New Jersey, a strong play for Virginia, a strong play for New Jersey. Mexico and a tough bet for a state that hasn’t been won in years, Minnesota,” Trump told Breitbart.
Top New York Republicans have revealed that Trump is considering holding a blockbuster rally in the South Bronx, as The Post previously reported.
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