#BecauseMiami: The Long Con
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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
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.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the implications of Debbie Wasserman Schultz running in Congressional District 20?
0:00–2:35
2
How has redistricting affected the political landscape in Florida?
2:35–8:20
3
What challenges does Elijah Manley face as a candidate in this district?
8:20–10:36
4
What are the details of the shady deal involving PortMiami's fuel depot?
10:36–11:39
5
How does the community feel about the potential changes to the fuel depot?
11:39–13:54
6
What are the consequences of the fuel depot deal for Miami's economy?
13:54–15:39
7
What strategies are being discussed to consolidate votes against Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
15:39–18:56
8
What are the broader implications of the political dynamics in District 20?
18:56–42:51
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