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Chapter 1: What are the implications of Debbie Wasserman Schultz running in Congressional District 20?
Debbie Wasserman Schultz made it official she will be running in Congressional District 20. Today, I'm announcing my candidacy for reelection in Congressional District 20 because we cannot let Trump destroy Broward County's power.
The district encompasses the heart of the black community in Broward County. 40% of the district is African-American and has been represented by black leaders for more than 30 years. Alcee Hastings and then Sheila Scherfless McCormick. But after Ron DeSantis' redistricting efforts, District 20 was likely the safest seat for Wasserman Schultz to run in.
As you might imagine, the announcement elicited strong reactions from some in the black community.
Roy, I have to wonder if you have strong opinions about this. You actually were, are, it's questionable, a resident of this congressional district 20 where you were represented by Sheila Scherfelis McCormick. Yeah. Say that 10 times fast. I will not. But you, I think we talked about this unconstitutional mid-decade.
redistricting that Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature with a Republican supermajority enacted to try to reduce potential numbers of blue seats and thus disenfranchising communities through the packed or cracked system. And it seems like you were cracked out of your congressional district.
Yeah, that is true. I am now in District 24.
Which was Frederica Wilson's seat. She's retiring. And it seems like that remains a black majority seat. But I think the goal there was to pack black voters into that congressional district and then break up the voting power of black voters in District 20, for example, which used to be a black district. Majority District.
One of the people running in that race is a man who needs no introduction to listeners of this show. He is a Broward County substitute teacher and congressional candidate in District 20 in a very packed race now, including Luther Campbell, Uncle Luke.
including Sheila Scherfelis McCormick, the incumbent who, when we last spoke to Elijah Manley, was suing him for defamation because you accurately called her corrupt in a campaign ad, and then she was subsequently indicted by the feds for that very corruption, which was siphoning, I would say, misappropriating over $5 million in public money that she accidentally received in COVID-related funds, and then she spent it
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Chapter 2: How has redistricting affected the political landscape in Florida?
on a beautiful ring and her hair on bling to get herself elected to Congress somehow. So first of all, I guess we should start there. She was suing you when last we spoke for defamation for telling the truth. So what's the status of that bullshit?
Well, the courts threw it out, so we are no longer getting hit with that slap suit, which is a strategic lawsuit against public participation. The courts threw it out. And I always thought this case would be thrown out because there was no merit to it. I have the right to free speech and the right to speak out against public officials who I believe were engaged in corruption.
So that is no longer the case.
And you are certainly not alone in that assessment that she is engaged in corruption. Federal prosecutors agree with you. And yet she is still running for reelection. Wondering whose money she's spending or misappropriating now. Just a question. Just a curiosity. Not an accusation, to be perfectly clear.
But right now, it seems, though, all eyes are on Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was first elected, became an elected official right in 1992. I was in the ninth grade. Where were you? 1992. I was eight. I wasn't born. So Debbie Wasserman Schultz became what she was, a Florida House of Representatives and the state representative she became. Then she became a Florida state senator.
And then in what, 2004, she first was elected to the United States Congress, where she has been ever since. And now because of this unconstitutional redistricting by the state of Florida, she basically had to start going like district shopping. Right. Because you can in the state of Florida, you're allowed.
Roy to run as a United States representative in any, you don't have to live in the district. You can run in any district. And in fact, Carlos Jimenez doesn't live in his district. Mario Diaz-Balart doesn't live in his district. And Debbie Wasserman Schultz, she don't give a shit. She just needs, I don't know, she just can't like go off with dignity into retirement.
She wants to be like Alcee Hastings and be a vegetable in bed for months on end while not representing. I don't even know what her plan is, but she will not go quietly into that good night. She is now running in what has traditionally for over three decades been a seat represented by a black leader. So, Elijah, what is the latest on this?
I know the last I heard a lot of the candidates in the race, all of whom are black. except for the new candidate, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Are you guys trying to consolidate the race against Debbie Wasserman Schultz so that you don't cannibalize the vote? What is the plan now?
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Chapter 3: What challenges does Elijah Manley face as a candidate in this district?
And now we are seeing the undoing of that by way of Supreme Court edict. We could just say invitation, certainly the enabling of it. And Republicans in the South in particular have been taking full advantage of that. And that's what's happened. And and yet we have a As you said, a Democrat here expediting or supporting that dismantling of these rights and this equality.
What Debbie Wasserman Schultz has said is that she knows Broward. She knows this district. She has represented a majority of the cities. That are now or still located in Congressional District 20, that she has not only talks the talk, but walks the walk and has been going around the district.
And people want someone who not only knows Broward and knows their communities, but wants someone who has experience. Like you say, we sit here naysaying her for being in in Congress for years. almost a quarter of a century and being an elected official since you weren't even born yet.
But what she says is what people are telling her is someone in a senior leadership position who is not a freshman, as you would be if you were elected, who has some of the sway, some of the clout, some of the ability to, you know, some of the committee memberships and leadership positions to bring home the bacon in the event that the Democrats do take over the majority.
Like people are telling her, she says they want her with her seasoned experience and leadership.
Billy, am I allowed to curse on this?
Goddamn right. Hang on. I have a whole chart card for that.
You're goddamn right, Meatball. That's great, Billy. Thanks.
Have at it, motherfucker.
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Chapter 4: What are the details of the shady deal involving PortMiami's fuel depot?
Only 5% of her constituents in her entire career are in this district. And so she's making up lies that aren't true. She's represented Weston. She's represented a part of Sunrise, a small part of Fort Lauderdale in the past.
and maybe a small part of will matters the vast majority of this district over 90 percent of it she has never represented and she is trying to trick people the fact of the matter is yes experience is great but what has she used her experience to do for our community she was ahead of the dnc when that disaster happened leading to the election of donald trump we lost a thousand seats in state legislatures across the country we lost the house we lost the senate and we've been fighting our way back from her disaster as dnc chair for years
And everybody has to start somewhere and be a freshman. She was a freshman at one point. Everyone has to start. And if her argument, her contention is that only somebody who's been in Congress can represent this community in Congress. Well, that's not working. People right now record breaking all across this country. People are upset with the status quo. They're upset with career politicians.
And if her argument is I've been there for 22 years, reelect me to Congress.
Chapter 5: How does the community feel about the potential changes to the fuel depot?
I don't think that argument is going to work in a year of our Lord 2026 when people are voting in comments out of office and record numbers in primaries. The truth of the matter is any of us can bring resources back to our district. She isn't the only one who's capable of bringing resources back to this district. And if her argument is, wow, these black people, I can bring money back.
This is not going to work. People are not going to fall for that.
Roy, I want to give you the last word on this, because you were in this district up until, I don't know, a few weeks ago, and very much outside of your control, wound up someplace else. What do you make of all this?
I make it as, well, first of all, as racism. All this gerrymandering here in the state and all the states down in the southern part of this country, based off this Supreme Court ruling, this is just straight-up racism. This is watering down and
the black vote our voting power is disappearing and that's going to it's going to be a disaster in these upcoming elections starting in the midterm on through Elijah what can we do about this
We need to vote against people who take advantage of our communities and not let them fool us. We have to vote against Debbie Washington Schultz and her careerism, and we have to show her that we're not going to fall for the tricks, but also hold your elected officials accountable to, you know, we can't just say the Republicans are bad when we got Democrats doing the same thing.
And what voters are going to see is, OK, we have a two party system that's not working for us. And Debbie Washington Schultz running in this district will lead the people leaving the Democratic Party if she wins. And that's sad. A lot of people are going to be turned away if she wins the primary. And I think it was selfish of her to do it.
And we have the opportunity in August to vote her out of office and send fresh faces to Washington.
And when it comes to U.S. House Florida District 20, while the Florida Republicans, Roy, did put us in this position, it's Democrat on Democrat violence here that is actually the problem. And so that I mean, that's the reality is that Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. And I think it's presumed if I'm.
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Chapter 6: What are the consequences of the fuel depot deal for Miami's economy?
It is such a blue, it is still such a blue congressional district that whichever Democrat gets the nod will presumably get the seat, win the seat itself. I know there's a Republican primary, but it's not really people you've ever heard of or have a real shot, if I'm not mistaken. So this primary is it, right? Basically is the election.
This primary is it. Whoever wins the August 18th primary will be the next member of Congress from Florida's 20th district.
So Democrats, man, I mean, that's the thing. If you're going to talk to talk, you got to walk the walk. And if you're going to defend the Constitution and the rule of law, if you're going to defend equality and civil rights, if you're going to defend free and fair elections. then you got to do it.
And I appreciate you being here, Elijah, and I appreciate your other candidates who are coming together and meeting together and trying to push back against your own party because it doesn't matter which team is cheating. You got to call them out and defend the rules and defend your rights and try to get everybody to do the right thing. So good luck to you, sir. Appreciate y'all having me on here.
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Chapter 7: What strategies are being discussed to consolidate votes against Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
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Two high-ranking officials abruptly resigning amid a growing fight over a fuel depot deal.
Miami-Dade's mayor announces the abrupt retirement of Port Miami Director Heidi Webb and Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morales.
Port Miami is one of the county's largest economic engines, contributing $61 billion to the economy and supporting 340,000 jobs. At issue, this 10-acre fuel depot on Fisher Island, long since the only fuel source for Port Miami. Last year, the land's private owner sold it to a developer under the county's nose.
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Chapter 8: What are the broader implications of the political dynamics in District 20?
And call it incompetence, call it corruption, it's a total failure of leadership. And a few weeks ago, Roy, I participated proudly in a press conference where I called out the county leaders. What's funny about it is The two unelected people who are most responsible for all this, they're the ones that got scapegoated. And by the way, they're totally culpable.
But all of the elected officials are like the buck stops down there somewhere. I mean, Daniela Levine Calva loves to find someone to throw under the bright line.
She's done it so many times in the past and not taken responsibility for her own failures, for her incompetence, for allowing the corruption of her political puppeteer and unregistered lobbyist, Christian Olvert, to hijack this community. And now it's happening again, but... It also looks like it might be a bit of a grift.
Elaine Devayet, the founder and intrepid solo investigative journalist at PoliticalCortadito.com. Elaine worked at the Miami Herald for 18 years, where she was a part of two Pulitzer Prize winning teams, including one that uncovered widespread election fraud and overturned a Miami election.
She's joining us once again on Because Miami to talk about this sensational story, because the way you put it, You referenced it as a long con because at the end of that clip there, Roy, what we heard was is that Jimmy Morales, who I told Daniela Levine-Caba not to hire in the first place and told her that back in 2020 before she was elected, that hiring him would be disqualifying.
And guess what? Week one, she was disqualified. The NAACP came out and said this was a terrible unforced error. And now she's forcing him out. And Elaine, he was trying to negotiate. So everybody knew this piece of property was for sale and the county could have gotten it for maybe 140, 150, 160 million bucks.
Instead, these private developers bought it out from under the county for 180 and then were negotiating with the county, with Jimmy Morales, the chief operating officer. They were negotiating. Now, to be clear, the county knew before this was publicly listed for sale. sale, that they had an opportunity to buy it.
They're receiving a report they might have put in a bid on it, but then just let it go. And then they were negotiating to buy it for $400 million, which, Roy, if you do the math between $400 million and $180 million, that is $220 million in the mix there. There must have been a lot of fingers in that pie to get a piece of that action. So what Elaine...
observed in a really interesting theory is that these were not novices, Elaine, right? These developers were not just some first-time yutzes looking to build $2 billion worth of luxury housing here on Fisher Island, the nation's richest zip code. These are some pretty sophisticated players, and you suspect that maybe this was the scheme all along.
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