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Hialeah doesn't owe its 'freedom' to Gov. DeSantis. Neither does the rest of Florida (Opinion) [View all]
Miami Herald via Yahoo NewsThe flood-prone, working-class “streets of Hialeah” made it into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ inauguration speech Tuesday as he evoked swaths of the Florida we know and (mostly) love.
“From the Space Coast to the Suncoast, from St. Johns to St. Lucie, from the streets of Hialeah to the speedway in Daytona, from the Okeechobee all the way up to Micanopy,” DeSantis began, “freedom lives here in our great Sunshine State of Florida!”
The Hialeah contingent among the thousands at the Capitol steps witnessing the launch of DeSantis’ second term didn’t disappoint.
At the mention of Miami-Dade County’s second-largest city — and the most Cuban, after Havana — they hollered and applauded louder than anyone else. Political points well-scored. This is the kind of high-profile, public recognition that shapes party reputation and garners votes, on and off election cycles.
People remember flattery.
But in the real world, DeSantis’ words amount to little more than demagoguery.
“From the Space Coast to the Suncoast, from St. Johns to St. Lucie, from the streets of Hialeah to the speedway in Daytona, from the Okeechobee all the way up to Micanopy,” DeSantis began, “freedom lives here in our great Sunshine State of Florida!”
The Hialeah contingent among the thousands at the Capitol steps witnessing the launch of DeSantis’ second term didn’t disappoint.
At the mention of Miami-Dade County’s second-largest city — and the most Cuban, after Havana — they hollered and applauded louder than anyone else. Political points well-scored. This is the kind of high-profile, public recognition that shapes party reputation and garners votes, on and off election cycles.
People remember flattery.
But in the real world, DeSantis’ words amount to little more than demagoguery.
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