Emilio Gonzalez

Because I'm afraid the city will shut my business down.

And I mean, these are serious people.

These are not insignificant, small bodega owners.

These are heavy, heavy hitters in Miami that are afraid that their projects are going to be shut down.

So again, nothing has changed.

And

I have an endorsement from the governor.

I have an endorsement from both our senators.

Fine.

I will go to Washington, and I will sit with everybody, and I'll say, look, you know what?

I need your help.

Call it what you want.

Miami needs your help, and I expect you to deliver.

The concerns are valid, but I will tell you that I would be committing mayoral malpractice, if you will, for lack of a better term.

If I want to make that the beach I'm going to die on and not worry about my residents.

You can only be against stuff so many times.

I want to be for things.

I want to be the best mayor the city has.

If our federal government, if our state government is conducting itself in a way that a lot of people disagree with,

Fine.