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CNNW CNN Special Report October 25, 2020

White house. If youre still supporting donald trump youre a racist, youre a bigot. My students are very aware of what is happening. Theyre very aware of police killings. When you do meet people supporting joe biden what is that conversation like . Very short. The political divide. Turn the [ bleep ] around. Wider than ever. Youre literally talking in different realms of fact. It was just out and out nasty. And in florida, we are expecting a Record Number of people to mailin vote. Millions of ballots. The anger and unrest are driving voters to the polls. I wanted to do something, to get out. What made you switch parties . I feel like the party has moved in a different direction. It is only solidified my position. The difference . Who wins this swing state often wins the white house. Is florida a must win for donald trump . There really is no math. He really has to win here to have any chance of being president. Why it matters, for biden. This is the most important election in our lifetime. And for trump. My administration is focused on delivering real results. How would you describe this part of florida . 10,000 kilowatts of red state debate. Tonight, divided we stand inside americas anger. Here in central, florida, trump won sumpter county by nearly 70 . In the retirement community, the villages, republicans outnumber democrats 2 to 1. How are things at the villages these days . Tense. Has it always been so divisive in the villages . Since trump. You know, all the people that hated obama have turned into Trump Supporters. My girlfriend is a big trump supporter. And youre still together . Barely. I dont know if were going to make it through the election. Is there a political divide in the villages . Do you feel it as Trump Supporters . Were golfers and i think he is golfing with three of his friends who are very, very strong democrats. We dont see a lot of fights, arguing here. Everybody gets along here. Its the friendliest hometown in the United States. Nut house there you go, white power. In june of 2020 donald trump retweeted a video of a trump rally taking place here. The white house in damage control again. Guy in the golf cart chanting white power. The defense . The president didnt see it. What was that like . I was across the street. I just thought that that guy that screamed white power was just a tip of the iceberg. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. You touch me i believe after almost four years of fighting these people, arguing with these people if youre still supporting donald trump youre a racist, a bigot, a greedily s. O. B. Or stupid. I was going in the Grocery Store and a guy started screaming at me. You know . And what i do now is after a minute or two of screaming, i say to him, i say to him, im going to give you the first shot free. You punch me in the face and then im going to send you to the hospital. I will get in your face. Im not going to be intimidated by these s. O. B. S. How do you like my son . You have been out and about protesting in the vim ands, protesting donald trump for years now. One of my favorite spots because i get so much traffic. Yeah yeah you say you were physically attacked by a trump supporter. I had to hit the brakes and he grabbed me by the neck and dug his fat fingernails in my neck and dragged me out on to the pavement and i got to my feet and i pumped him in the face as hard as i can punch. This is the first punch ive thrown in 50 years but i nailed him. You have your signage, called people here racist bigots, do you think youre adding to the divisiveness . I didnt make them bigots and racists. Im just pointing it out. Do you feel at all you have done is changed any minds . I never intended to. Thats where people get me wrong. Trying to just point out to these democrats around here you dont have to hide from these people anymore. When i moved here six years ago you didnt see a democratic bumper sticker, shirt. People would bhis per to you, im a democrat, too. Fm 101. 2 villages. There are a lot of people who ive asked if they would publicly talk about why they voted for trump in 16 and whats changed their opinion and why theyre voting for joe biden in 20. And while theyll talk to me, theyre afraid to talk to the press. Politics is a big part of life in the villages and you can lose your social group. I might fall into the camp of those who voted against Hillary Clinton versus voted for donald trump. She had her missteps and was like trying to make a tough choice and i said i will vote and that ended up being the vote and i could have never anticipated, you know, whats transpired since then. Did you have conferred in trump when you voted for him . To some degree. I had a belief a business person could take over the 4 trillion plus government and kind of make some sense of it. What happened over the past four years that charnged your mind . The answer is starting with the inaugural. If you have to start lying to people about the number of people that showed up and been a series of lies ever since. Theres more than 100,000 people that live here. Have you been able to find other people like yourself who regret their decision to vote for trump . Not very many. Very few, actually. I respect peoples right to vote for donald trump as much as i hope they respect my vote for joe biden but can we keep it civil . Thats what our democracy is all about. Nasty language. Which is not necessarily the case if you see the youtube videos. Tell donald trump to come down here. I want to punch him in the nose. This idea that were all feuding in the streets because nobody can get along is nonsense. We have seen one terrible ins didnt of eight seconds that the National Media and interNational Media has tried to blow out of proportion. Nut house. Are you talking about the guy at the trump rally who on the golf cart chanting white power and the president retweeted. Im more than happy to talk about the video. Nazi. Nazi racist pigs. What led up to that unfortunate incident was provocative, vulgar. You turd. You [ bleep ] turd. It was just out and out nasty. We talked to ed and said hes been attacked at least two times. I wasnt there. I cant respond. I would say this, though. I think the fact that we have large numbers of people who are willing to go out and express their support is good. How do you think the pandemics been hand ld by President Trump . If you listen to what the democrats are saying what is it that they would do thats different . If you look at the early reporting a mask mandate. The president had a mask the president had recommended the wearing of mask back in march. That is not a mandate. Yeah. But then he also didnt wear one. But he was also surrounded by people who were tested every day. But he did hold this indoor rally. Yeah. Several. See what happens. Lets see what happens. 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No justice no peace what democracy looks like this is what democracy looks like some Monumental Movement in the deep south. In jacksonville, florida, confederate statue is removed without warning in the middle of the night. It was charles hemming, fought to maintain the status quo of slavery. I was raised here in jacksonville. Did you find them, babe . No . Told you they werent in there. I have noticed how conservative it is, even driving down the street, walking down the street as a child. My sister and i count the amount of confederate flags the see. In Elementary School i remember walking to school and then a pickup truck drives by and shouts the n word at me. I teach seventh grade exceptional student education. It is interesting because children are very aware of whats going on. I know i can be who i want to be. I had other students about black lives matter. They know what it is and whats going on. Theyre very aware of police killings. I can teach them how to become individuals but this world has to be safe enough for them to grow up to become individuals. Sorry. I cannot go back to school after the election, look my kids in the face in good conscience if donald trump is reelected and i didnt vote. I definitely look at voting for kamala and voting for joe biden as a vote against trump. In my opinion, seeing his response to covid, seeing his response to uprisings, he has to be defeated. In 2018, there was a lot of Voter Registration happening in the county. When i was out on the streets registering folks to vote, i noticed that a lot of people didnt know were they eligible based off of felonies, sometimes even misdemeanors. Probably in a day i would speak to 40 to 50 young black men and out of the 40 to 50 i may register 2 to 3. Covid19 has stalled us actively being out doing grassroots movements, being out and talking to folks hasnt really been a thing. In 2018 during the midterm elections, amendment 4 was passed into law. Voters in florida decided to restore Voting Rights to felons. This is restoring Voting Rights for more than a million people. Florida held on to 150yearold jim crow law that permanently barred american citizens from voting for the rest of their life. Right . An Appeals Court ruling that could favor republicans in the november election. The Governors Office argued that a complete sentence means all fines and fees and restitution would be paid. September 11th, 2020, less than a month before the deadline to vote for the election this federal Appeals Court blocked hundreds of thousands of felons from voting. What happened with that . At the end of the day, should our elections be free and accessible by american citizens . And the 11th circuit said no. Who needs the vote more than the underserved . I moved here in 1987. Africanamericans also distrust this voting system. I was in the military. Ive been in jacksonville, florida, ever since my discharge from the military. I was arrested in 2013 for racketeering, scheme to defraud and theft. I believe i started out with 6,000 and something and the interest continued to accrue on it and this is why you never can end this thing. It is crazy. It is madness. I knltd vote because im too poor to vote. I have to pay to vote. You have had past felony convictions. Now youre able to vote. Who are you voting for in this president ial election . At the end of day, i have to live with this internally and i keep it to myself. So you dont want to tell us . Because its so sacred i understand. Because its so sacred. Because the minute i say that, right, it defiles the sacredness of my vote. Voting is something thats higher than politics. This is not a political battle. This is a battle by human rights, human dignity. burke every year youre with us, you get fifty dollars toward your home deductible. 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Theres a lot of misinformation, disinformation on Spanish Language radio in particular. The number one show for Spanish Language radio compared black lives matter to witchcraft. My own family members, unfortunately, have been impacted by the lies and misinformation theyre listening to on Spanish Language radio and its led to some really Difficult Conversations between us because its really tough to have a political conversation or discussion when youre literally talking in different realms of fact. My mom was a doctor in cuba. My dad was a Small Businessman. He was constantly jailed by castros thugs and as a result my family and i decided to leave cuba. You know, the whole socialism, communism boogie man that the republicans made up to win over voters in south florida, it is ridiculous. Joe biden was Vice President for eight years. Did the country become a socialist country, a communist country . Absolutely not. I think a lot of folks are really waking up to the reality that the Republican Party and donald trump especially have exploited our trauma. Theres nothing american about you, you bunch of comies. Youre going to go four more years of President Trump. The truth is whats key about dade county is not whos going to win it but the margins. In fact, obama wins florida in 2012 because hes able to increase his margin among hispanics in dade county and africanamericans in dade county. And although he did worse in the rest of the state than he did in 2008 the increase in margin in dade county won it for him. Trump earned more than half of the cubanamerican vote in 2016. Do you think anything has changed in the last four years . I think hes going to do significant better among cubanamericans. He spent a lot of time working the community. Hes made a lot of trips to south florida. Hes also moved to west palm beach. My family, theyre cuban immigrants. They fled cuba when castro took over. They came here, had to start all over again with nothing. What do you think of donald trump as a person . Well, as a person, im not so fond of him. I think he can tweet a lot less but i didnt hire him for him as a person. I hired him to get the job done. So nothing has changed for you over the last four years that you have seen that would make you hesitate to support him . Only solidified my position because as a catholic im very proud of the fact that donald trump was the first president in u. S. History not only to attend a march for life but to speak at one. And thats something that being pro life, that really made me proud but its not just that. He protects our right to bear arms. Lower taxes. You dont think you need to raise tacks to help people through the pandemic financially . Absolutely not. I think first of all as an american, i want to keep more of my hardearned money. I made that money not the government. And the issue of assault weapons, bidens gun control plan does outline a buy back program for assault weapons and the high volume magazines but not mandatory so youre okay with that . No. Any law for gun control is an infringement. The ban on assault weapons only banning them for the good people because the bad people wont all of a sudden say, oh, its bad now. Let me turn in my assault weapon. We had to start wearing land yards to make sure youre a student. These are some of my hall passes and stuff. I was in my fourth period, a student swung open the band doors and like screeched code red, code red, everyone inside now. 17 People Killed at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School here in parkland, florida. With about an hour north of miami. You could hear a pin drop. Another School Shooting in the u. S. An expelled student opens fire on his former classmates. I heard what sounded like firecrackers. Did you know any of the 17 students and teachers that were killed . One of the students, her name was carmen, she also was in drama. We talked like we had a little friend group. Parkland is still one of the ten deadliest s

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