DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Florida does not need a ‘failed socialist mayor’ as its next governor, President Donald Trump wrote online Wednesday [8-29-18], slamming the surprise winner of the state’s Democratic primary. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum secured an upset victory in the swing state primary on Tuesday and will face off against GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis, who was endorsed by Trump, in November. Gillum, a Bernie Sanders-backed progressive, supports sanctuary cities, ‘Medicare-for-all’ and raising the minimum wage…In an appearance Wednesday on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe,’ the Tallahassee mayor said he was able to win over voters by talking about issues like health care and employment, rather than bashing Trump…Trump won Florida by a little over 1 percentage point in the 2016 election. Already, the state’s gubernatorial contest, between a Trump-endorsed Republican and a Sanders-backed Democrat, has been painted by some as a bellwether for the 2020 presidential election. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said during an appearance on ‘Fox & Friends’ on Wednesday that the choice between DeSantis and Gillum ‘cannot be more stark.'”
–Stephanie Murray, “Trump slams Florida primary winner Gillum as ‘failed socialist mayor’,” Politico, August 29, 2018 8:45 am