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Carlos Beruff unveils immigration plan that includes ban on travel from Middle East

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Build a wall. Ban travel from the Middle East. Stop funding for sanctuary cities. Those are just some of the proposals included in Carlos Beruff’s plan to fix the immigration system. The plan, released Tuesday, focuses on three areas, securing the border, modernizing the legal immigration system, and ending abuses of the system. “A country without borders is not a country. We must fix our immigration system, so we control who comes and goes, and that starts by securing our…

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Carlos Beruff takes aim at Marco Rubio in new advertisement

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Carlos Beruff is taking aim at Marco Rubio in a new digital advertisement. The 35-second spot — called “Unequivocal” and released Monday morning — splices together clips of Rubio, who announced last week he was running for re-election, responding to questions of whether he would commit to a full six-year term in the Senate with clips of broadcasters calling him robotic. In each of the clips, Rubio is saying essentially the same thing — that he will no longer make unequivocal statements.…

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Senate Leadership Fund files complaint against Patrick Murphy, alleges straw donor scheme

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The Senate Leadership Fund has filed a federal election complaint against Democrat Patrick Murphy. The complaint, filed with the Federal Election Commission Wednesday, calls on federal elections officials to investigate what it calls “a highly suspicious network of contributors” to Murphy. The organization goes on to say the “evidence strongly indicates” contributions were “made in the name of another, straw donors, and corresponding reporting violations.” The complaint also includes Charlie Crist and his 2010 U.S. Senate campaign. “Specifically, these donors…

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Priorities USA launches ‘Stop Trump/Stop Hate’ campaign

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The super PAC backing Hillary Clinton is focusing on millennials with a new multi-million dollar ad campaign. Priorities USA launched its Stop Trump/Stop Hate campaign this week. The campaign is aimed at millennial voters — typically those voters between the ages of 18 and 34 — in key swing states, including Florida. The committee launched the campaign Thursday with a 30-second spot called “Dante.” The advertisement is backed by a $500,000 ad buy and will run on pre-roll, Facebook, Instagram…

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Ted Cruz endorses Marco Rubio in his re-election bid

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A one-time opponent is throwing his support behind Marco Rubio. On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz said he was “glad to support” Rubio in his re-election bid. Cruz, a Texas Republican, was one of more than a dozen Republicans who ran for president earlier this year. “Marco Rubio a friend and has been an ally in many battles we have fought together in the Senate. I’m glad to support him in his bid for re-election,” he said in a Facebook post…

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera won’t file to run for Senate if Marco Rubio decides to run again

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera will not file to run for U.S. Senate if Marco Rubio decides to run for re-election. In an email to supporters Wednesday, Lopez-Cantera said he will get out of the race if Rubio, his longtime friend, were to decide to run for re-election. “I have asked Sen. Marco Rubio to reconsider his decision and enter the Senate race. The decision is his and his alone to make,” said Lopez-Cantera in his email. “As friends for 20 years, this…

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Todd Wilcox urges action to deal with ISIS

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For Todd Wilcox, the Orlando shooting hit close to home. He lives 15 miles away south from the nightclub where 49 people were killed, and 53 more were injured early Sunday morning. His youngest daughter, now seven years old, was born at the hospital across the street. His oldest daughter, a 23-year-old recent graduate, lives near Lake Eola, where a vigil was held Sunday night to honor the victims. “It was just gut wrenching to see what happened,” said Wilcox.…

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