Florida Republican Congressman-elect Carlos Gimenez reacts to flipping a House race red on 'Fox & Friends Weekend.'
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Jedediah, a big win for the
Jedediah, a big win for the
g dot op in Florida, where Jimenez
flip a blue seat red.
What does this say about the
party momentum
fresh off his big win, Carlos
Gimenez?
Thank you for joining us today,
congratulation to us and your
campaign on your win.
What do you think that says
about what was really on voters
minds?
What issues really matter to
voters in Miami Dade, in
particular that sent them
rushing to the polls to vote? For
you,
the whole issue of socialism,
communism,
the extremism of my opponent and
many members of the Democrat
Party gave us the victory
and not only myself, but also
over congressional district. Twenty seven
Salazar actually had a stunning
upset. At least mine was a
toss up,
hers, nobody saw coming,
and so what was it
down here in Miami Dade County
come from Cuba, Nicaragua,
Venezuela, South and Central
America?
They understand what socialism
is all about,
and my opponent was very slow to
condemn, actually never condemned
the defund, the police movement.
She also said kind of playing
coy with the whole idea of
packing the court.
We understand what that means. We have seen that movie before
we have seen that movie before
we came from those countries. We
want no part of it and thats.
Why im the new congressman for
congressional eighty six
Jed jet the hispanic vote in
particular?
Do you think this trend will
continue when it comes to the
hispanic vote, particularly cuban
Americans, many of them and their
families who fled socialist
regimes, as you mentioned,
do you think that fear will
persist? As you see the likes of
AOC and the Kamala Harris gain
positions of power in the
Democrat Party and have the
capacity to influence the likes
of a Joe Biden,
its not just cuban Americans
that are, you know, going to be
fearful of an AOC and them and
the omars and the you know
like I said Venezuela is going
through the same thing: Cubans
we told them. This is what is
going to happen and sure enough
thats. What happened?
I knocked on doors in chele,
therecapitolchile dot. They were very
that vote
thats going to continue to
resonate, even though they will
deny that socialists
tell me who your friends are, and
I will tell you who you are.
My opponent was a progressive
caucus
going to grow
the only senator in that caucus
is Bernie Sanders,
and so we understand what Bernie
Sanders is all about.
We understand what AOC is all
about,
and frankly the american
people, not just Cubans and the
Latin Americans, and the
Venezuelans here- will reject it.
The american people will
eventually reject it,
because that is not what this
country is about.
Frankly, thats, why I ran
you know. I came from Cuba as a
6 year old kid,
and this is the land of
opportunity.
I love this country and I dont
want to see you know something
happening to this country that
has happened in other countries
down in the caribbean, central.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-07.