Most women think Demented Old Trump is a homo because of the streaks in his hair.

Florida Democrats just picked up a second seat in Tuesday's special 
elections
 

Trump should run again in 2028 so there's a total annihilation of the 
American fascist right.

https://www.the-downballot.com/p/breaking-florida-democrats-flip-donald


Florida Democrats flip Donald Trump's home district in Palm Beach

Florida Democrat Emily Gregory, second from left (Emily Gregory campaign 
site)

Florida Democrat Emily Gregory scored a major upset on Tuesday night, 
flipping the legislative district that includes Donald Trump's waterfront 
lair of Mar-a-Lago.

Gregory, a first-time candidate who runs a fitness business serving 
pregnant and postpartum women, defeated her Republican opponent, financial 
planner Jon Maples, by a 51-49 margin to win the 87th House District in 
Palm Beach County.

The race for this slice of the South Florida beachfront was both caused by 
and delayed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed one of his few loyalists in 
the state legislature, Rep. Mike Caruso, as Palm Beach County clerk to fill 
a vacancy last August.

As he often has in the past, though, DeSantis refused to call a special 
election, very possibly because he feared how it might turn out. Only after 
Gregory filed a lawsuit did he finally act, nine weeks after Caruso 
resigned.

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If DeSantis was worried, he was right to be. Even though Republicans poured 
resources into the race and outspent Democrats by a wide margin, it wasn't 
enough to save Maples, who earned Trump's endorsement in January.

Trump also cast a ballot—presumably for Maples—and he did so by mail.

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating, and we 
got to do something about it all, " Trump said at an event on Monday. For 
weeks, he has demanded that Congress pass legislation mandating "NO MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY - ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL. "

Trump experienced a surge in popularity in his own backyard in his last 
election, but it appears to have been temporary. In 2020, he carried the 
87th District by just a hair, 49.8 to 49.3. Four years later, by contrast, 
he jetted out to a 55-44 win, while Caruso prevailed by an even wider 59-41 
margin in his final reelection campaign.

Gregory, though, overcame that deficit by emphasizing her plans to address 
the soaring cost of living, particularly the skyrocketing cost of property 
insurance in this environmentally vulnerable coastal community.

Notably, she prevailed even though registered Republicans accounted for 
about 46% of the electorate, with Democrats making up 36% and independents 
18%.

Republicans will still retain their supermajority in the state House, but 
Gregory's victory offers a much-needed boost to Florida Democrats, who are 
hoping for similar upsets in even higher-profile contests on the November 
ballot. They'll also have the chance to break the GOP's supermajorities in 
both chambers of the legislature.

And they'll take a measure of satisfaction in knowing that the state's most 
famous resident is now represented by a Democrat.