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Joe Gruters confident Florida GOP will come together to back Donald Trump

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Joe Gruters‘ association with the Donald Trump campaign is controversial, because, well, Donald Trump is controversial. Gruters was named last fall to be the campaign chair for Trump in Florida. That’s in addition to his other public duties, which include being the vice-chair of the Republican Party of Florida, the chair of the Sarasota County Republican Executive Committee, and a member of the board of trustees of Florida State University. Those conflicting roles have led some of his critics to say that he…

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Florida’s winner-take-all primary could kill Marco Rubio’s chances

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Florida’s winner-take-all Republican presidential primary was supposed to help former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio. That was the thinking when the GOP-dominated Legislature changed the state’s primary date to the third Tuesday in March – the earliest date it could hold an election that will award all 99 Republican delegates to one candidate. But that was before Republicans here even dreamed of – or had nightmares about — businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump possibly winning the…

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In Florida, Donald Trump looms as cloud in Marco Rubio’s Sunshine State

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Donald Trump is a part-time Florida resident — and a full-time problem for the home-state senator running for president, Marco Rubio. Rubio is counting on Florida to reshape the Republican contest that Trump has dominated by winning three of the first four states to vote. A loss in Florida on March 15 could doom Rubio’s chances, his campaign acknowledges. “We’re going to be fine in Florida,” Rubio said aboard his campaign plane this week. “I feel very good. We know…

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Mitch Perry Report 2.15.16 – Trump doubles down on Iraq comments about W

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Happy Presidents Day, y’all! Other than government folks, does anyone else have today off? Just wondering. Speaking of presidents, this is a crucial week in the 2016 election for both parties, but let’s focus on the Republican election in South Carolina on Saturday. All polls show Donald Trump with a very solid lead, but a number of pundits are speculating that lead will erode, following The Donald’s performance at the GOP debate Saturday night in Greenville. “We should have never…

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Donald Trump to campaign in Tampa Feb. 12

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is planning a campaign event at the USF Sun Dome on February 12, sources inside the campaign and at the university tell FloridaPolitics.com. The event will likely come just days after Trump’s first victory of the 2016 GOP nominating contest. The New York real estate mogul and political novice is a heavy favorite to win the top spot in New Hampshire. A recent post-Iowa study shows Trump about 20 points ahead of his next-closest rival, Florida Sen. Marco…

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Joe Gruters needs to either resign from Donald Trump campaign or FSU Board of Trustees

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Not surprisingly, some supporters of Donald Trump are backing his call for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” CNN reports that Trump supporters in South Carolina are fine with Trump’s proposal, since their concern is terrorism and what they see as the Obama administration’s paltry response. A report by WMUR in New Hampshire also quoted Trump’s top allies in the state expressing support. For his part, Trump said he doesn’t care what the media or his fellow Republicans think about…

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Donald Trump announces 4 new hires in Florida

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Donald Trump, who continues to dominate in all statewide polls in Florida, said Tuesday that he’s adding four more staff people to his growing campaign team in the Sunshine State. Jennifer R. Locetta will be deputy state director, Ken Mayo has been named director of field operations, John Ross Pughe is joining as the southeast regional field director, and Craig Bachler will serve as director of coalitions. “I have created thousands of jobs and own some of the most iconic assets in the state,” Trump said…

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