Voters in congressional District 27 got a call this week from “a national public opinion firm” that was obviously seeking to turn people against Sen. Annette Taddeo, who is running in the primary for the chance to challenge Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar.
Ken Russell who? The Miami Commissioner, also running in the Democratic primary, was not mentioned once.
This goes to show two things: (1) Nobody expects Russell to win, and (2) Salazar fears Taddeo enough to start the negatives early.
The timing is curious. With less than a week left for the primary election, could the push poll be meant to turn people to Russell for Aug. 23? It can’t possibly be close enough to make a difference.
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Ladra lives in the District. “Amber” called Wednesday evening. The first few questions were the typical sweeping ones. Do you think the U.S. is headed in the right direction or going off track? How about Florida? Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing? How about Ron DeSantis?
Val Demings or Marco Rubio?
Annette Taddeo or Maria Elvira Salazar?
Then it became way focused.
Would we prefer Maria Salazar in Congress to provide checks and balances to Joe Biden or someone who will help Joe Biden pass his agenda? Would we prefer Annette Taddeo, who wants to take our guns, or Maria Salazar, who will defend parental rights in education? Would we prefer someone who will focus on keeping abortion legal in all 50 states or someone who will focus on reducing the price of gas and groceries and cost of living?
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Then came the push questions. Would Ladra be more likely or less likely or would it make no difference if she knew that Taddeo called Hispanics racists, gave money to convicts, voted against pay raises for cops and firefighters, wants to spend “billions more on paying people not to work,” hurts our middle class and economy, wants to “allow young children from kindergarten through third grade to be indoctrinated with radical ideology” in schools, supports Biden’s “wasteful spending” and will be a “rubber stamp for Nancy Pelosi.”
Is that all?
It sounded like there should have been a disclaimer at the end of the call: “Paid for by Salazar’s political action committee” or the Republican National Committee. Pero nada.
“Republicans can’t figure out Annette and they know she is a huge threat,” said campaign manager Nick Merlino. “That’s why they continue to make up things and throw whatever they can at the wall to see what sticks.
“Fifteen consecutive questions and they all lead to the same answer: Republicans are running scared.”
Push poll in CD27 shows Maria Elvira Salazar fears Annette Taddeo in general added by Ladra on
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