'Our mini Trump': How Republican farmer Alfie Oakes became Collier County's kingmaker
From a tomato-peddling 15-year-old to 'the MAGA grocery king,' Alfie Oakes has helped grow a new breed of SWFL Republicanism from the ground up.
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From a tomato-peddling 15-year-old to 'the MAGA grocery king,' Alfie Oakes has helped grow a new breed of SWFL Republicanism from the ground up.
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In a war of words as well as ideologies throughout the precedent-setting Sunshine State, “immigrant” has become “alien,” and the words “unauthorized” or “undocumented” have become “illegal” and “unlawful” as Republican legislators and Gov. Ron DeSantis change the way Florida treats immigrants living and working here. Proposed new laws to control “Unlawful Immigration” — the
In a war of words as well as ideologies throughout the precedent-setting Sunshine State, “immigrant” has become “alien,” and the words “unauthorized” or “undocumented” have become “illegal” and “unlawful” as Republican legislators and Gov. Ron DeSantis change the way Florida treats immigrants living and working here. Proposed new laws to control “Unlawful Immigration” —