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Black Florida voters should close this door that gerrymandering opened
Key takeaways
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is about to find out that the Black vote is not a hand-me-down.
- She has served 21 years in Congress, as former chair of the Democratic National Committee and as sitting chair of the House Democratic Steering Committee.
- A lot of Black voters in South Florida are quietly hoping — and some loudly hoping — that she gets blown out of the water during the Aug. 18 primary.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is about to find out that the Black vote is not a hand-me-down.
She has served 21 years in Congress, as former chair of the Democratic National Committee and as sitting chair of the House Democratic Steering Committee. Despite having an entire South Florida political network available, the only seat she could find to run in was one that Black voters built and that the entire Black political establishment of Florida told her, in writing, to stay out of.
A lot of Black voters in South Florida are quietly hoping — and some loudly hoping — that she gets blown out of the water during the Aug. 18 primary. She has earned it.
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