Meet the mayor from Florida who wants to be Trump's VP
Power Play
POLITICO
4.2 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Now that Donald Trump is all but certain to lead his party into November’s presidential election in the U.S., it’s make up your mind time for Republicans – are they with him or not? One of them is a big gun in Floridan politics, the Mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez.
Suarez earned a national profile by briefly entering the race for the White House last year before dropping out as the Trump bandwagon rumbled on. He’s gained wider attention for his efforts to lure companies to Miami, with an eye on turning the city into a crytpo hub and the next Silicon Valley.
In this week's episode, host Anne McElvoy sits down with the mayor in his waterfront offices in Miami. They discuss his recent endorsement of Donald Trump, the changing character of the Republican Party and the crisis on America's Southern border. Suarez also responds to allegations of impropriety in his administration.
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| 0:27.8 | As the stage is set for a Biden Trump rematch, more Republicans giving their endorsement, |
| 0:36.0 | including those who once ran for the job themselves. |
| 0:38.8 | And this morning, my Mayor Francis Suarez posted this statement on X. |
| 0:42.4 | In it, he says, after seeing both President |
| 0:44.6 | Biden and former President Trump at the border yesterday, he is endorsing Donald |
| 0:48.9 | Trump for President. |
| 0:59.0 | Donald Trump is all but certain now to lead his party into November's presidential election. So it's make up your mind time for Republicans. |
| 1:02.0 | Are they with him or not? |
| 1:04.0 | One of them is a big gun in Florida politics, the podcast where we talk some of the world's most influential figures on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm Anne McElvoy and this week I'm in Miami, Florida to test the temperature in a state that's |
| 1:31.9 | traditionally held the keys to the White House. the It's a state where every vote will count come November. |
| 1:44.0 | The son of Miami's first Cuban-born mayor, |
| 1:47.0 | Francis Suarez earned a national profile |
| 1:49.5 | by briefly entering the race for the White House last year before dropping out as the Trump |
| 1:54.5 | bandwagon rumbled on. He's also gained wider attention in recent years for his efforts |
| 1:59.8 | to lure come east to Miami with an eye on turning the city into a major crypto hub and perhaps |
| 2:06.8 | the next Silicon Valley too. As Donald Trump sizes up the contest with |
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