The reaction of a Republican MP in “Al Rojo Vivo” to Trump’s victory: “Miami is not socialist”

warm red It is one of the formats that has been stuck to the maximum news on the presidential elections in the United States. With the practically clear victory of Donald Trump against Kamala Harris, and with the results of several electoral colleges still not officialized, the program presented by Antonio García Ferreras captured the reaction of one of the Republican deputies who was experiencing the recount live in Miami.

Florida having become a Republican state several elections ago, the city of Miami had long since become a Democratic enclave. However, This was shattered in the 2024 election. In the city of Miami, Trump won with 55% of the vote, for a total of 605,236, compared to 44% of voters who went for Harris, or 479,732.

In Miami, a Republican candidate has not won since 1988when George Bush Sr. won against Michael Dukakis. 36 years later, Trump manages to assert himself in a place that had eluded him in 2016 and also in 2020. A surprise which was felt during the broadcast of warm red and who played the program for live interview with Republican MP María Elvira Salazar.

In the midst of the recount, Salazar seemed certain of the electoral reversal, as she expressed live to the LaSexta journalist. “It doesn’t happen every day», Joyfully expressed the MP, who entered the House of Representatives in 2021 after defeating Democrat Donna Shalala.

Salazar was categorical in his statements: “Miami is not socialist, period“. “We experienced what this means on the skin. It’s like when the acid hits you, it flows out the other side,” the congresswoman said. The editor-in-chief pointed out that Salazar, before politics, was a journalist.

“I spent five years in journalism. I miss it, but I like to represent the people where I was born. People who have the same values ​​as me“I like being able to represent and send a message to Washington that the theory of socialism is beautiful, but the practice is disastrous,” he noted. “Make no mistake. Look at the Cubans and the Venezuelans. It’s simple“, he added.

The journalist reminded him the era of Obama’s landslide victories or how, in 2016, Miami’s vote for the Democratic Party reached 63.22% of the vote for Hillary Clinton compared to 33.83% for Trump.

“The Democratic Party has become socialist and the penetration of what is called democratic socialism. It doesn’t matter what word you put behind or in front of socialism. It doesn’t matter if he is democratic, pragmatic or friendly. It’s hearing socialism and people running away. I am the beneficiary of this thought“, he argued.

Salazar assured that Trump had to win “because of the economy.” “North American society is accustomed to well-being, the market economy, freedom and American values,” he insisted. Finally, the state of Florida ceded its seats to Trump. The Republican won with 56.2% and 6,089,480 votes against 42.9% and 4,649,861 votes for Democrat Kamala Harris. A more comfortable victory than that of Trump in 2020, when he won the state with 51.22% and 5,668,731 votes compared to 47.86% and 5,297,045 votes obtained by Biden.