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Probably the most dynamic place in the united states and more money moved into miami dade in the past couple years than any place in the history of the country. it's long been a democratic stronghold and sudsenly it's not a democratic -- suddenly it's not a democratic stronghold and seems like a republican place. in 2018, ron desantis lost miami dade by 20 points. last week he won by more than 10 points and marco rubio won by nine points and huge flip. francis suarez is the famous mayor of miami and joins us onsets. thank you for coming on. there are so many things happening in miami and take ...

Was even more impressive than advertised. desantis by 20 points, rubio by a massive double digit margin, knocking off val democratings that the democrats pegged as a future star. >> after four years, the people have delivered their verdict -- freedom is here to stay. i believe the survival of the american experiment requires a revival of true american principles. florida has proved that it can be turn. we offer -- we offer a ray of hope that better days still lie ahead. >> laura: so, he won miami dade and palm beach county, which is a feat few thought was possible even a year ago. so, he, rubi...

Was even more impressive than advertised. desantis by 20 points, rubio by a massive double digit margin, knocking off val democratings that the democrats pegged as a future star. >> after four years, the people have delivered their verdict -- freedom is here to stay. i believe the survival of the american experiment requires a revival of true american principles. florida has proved that it can be turn. we offer -- we offer a ray of hope that better days still lie ahead. >> laura: so, he won miami dade and palm beach county, which is a feat few thought was possible even a year ago. so, he, rubi...

Anywhere in the country right now. >> todd: i think you are right, he could be least liable there. deem in florida worry about losing miami dade count. republicans gain ground on congressional ballot, up two points over democrats, thanks to creasing support from women and latino voters. miami-dade is latino county, is that clear indication republicans know their goose is cooked because they are losing the latino vote? >> yeah, if you look at history of miami-dade, republicans haven't won in that county since jeb bush was governor. trump lost miami-dade by 30 against hillary, narrowed to eight ...

Culture war context that played very well to the latino electorates down here, not just cuban americans. it's venezuelan americans, it's nicaraguaen americans, across the board, colombian americans. and the fruition of that is kind of being harvested or the fruits of that are being harvested by desantis. remember, donald trump went from losing miami dade county, the biggest county, most populous county in the state of florida, by 29 percentage points in 2016 to losing it by only 7. and so, if desantis wins this, you know, as i said, it's -- >> if desantis does win miami dade, would that be the...