A pair of caravans in Miami-Dade on the last day of early voting show just how partisan and polemic our 
county mayoral race has become.
In Miami Beach, a blue stronghold with a Democrat mayor, the Miami Beach Democratic Club had a convoy Sunday to kick off the Democratic National Convention, which started Monday, and promote the new vice presidential pick of Kamala Harris to run alongside Joe Biden.
Of course, the caravan — which ended at the North Shore Branch Library where early voting was just ending — was also a campaign event for Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, the party’s choice in what used to be a non partisan race. Joining her was District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins, a Democrat incumbent who has been cast as a communist by Republican challenger Renier Diaz de la Portilla, a former state rep and Miami-Dade School Board member. Both candidates’ campaigns is being handled by consultant Christian Ulvert. They posted a video together.
On the other side of town at about the same time, a Donald Trump lookalike led a caravan of 
Republican supporters through and around the West Dade Regional Library. At one point, about an hour before polls closed, fake Trump jumped out to pose for selfies with a few thrilled voters.
After all, this is Westchester, which has elected county Commissioner Javier Souto for decades and where even a Halloween-style Trump will be received like a boy band at a teenage sleepover. On Sunday, it looked like the Qanon headquarters in South Florida.
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Trump’s bright yellow convertible — they couldn’t get red? — was draped with a “Police Lives Matter” banner on the hood and followed by more than a dozen cars and trucks. A couple had drivers or passengers with bullhorns who yelled support for Commissioner Esteban Bovo, the only Republican in the mayoral race, as well as congressional candidate Omar Blanco and State Rep. Daniel Perez, the future Speaker who, ironically, has a challenger in the primary financed by the current Speaker.
But, they went a bit further, calling some of their opponents — even Republican Mayor and 
congressional candidate Carlos Gimenez, who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and then cooperated with Trump on holding illegal immigrants for deportation — communists. One of the trucks in the caravan carried multiple signs with big Xs across the communists that need to be taken down.
The driver stopped and smiled for a photo.
On his door is a sign that even calls county Clerk Harvey Ruvin a communist. Harvey Ruvin! That means they’re everywhere!
The caravan in Westchester was loud and a little chusma but very only in Miami-Dade. Ladra got some video you can watch on her YouTube channel.
Polar opposite partisan caravans show mayoral votes are along blue/red lines added by Ladra on
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Other then the base in both parties which is shrinking year by year , Most voters are not voting for one candidate , they are in truth voting against the candidate they see as the most harmful .
IMO the base doesn’t see this as they love their candidate but for the majority voting is simply voting for the ” lesser of the evils ” and I say this as an Independent with issues on both sides of the isle so perhaps I am not seeing the big picture and others here disagree with me .
Plenty of moderates on both sides who cross party lines all the time .
Good Luck to Daniella Levine Cava ,She will do her best to help everyone and not just help Lobbyists/Lawyers, Friends, Family,Consultants Etc like the Corrupt Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has done for over 8 years ,2 terms .I hope to Congratulate her as the first Lady Mayor of Miami-Dade County soon !
furthermore at the Inividion protest there were over 1500 people and just look at the videos ok Golks the different videos that are posted everywhere ok. That’s the proof
By the way there were well over 1200 vehicles for the Trump caravan and videos do not lie and over 300 Democrats exited the Party too that day
The drug dealers & criminals are gonna be the real winners…
Bovo will let them pay to play and stay. Penelas will prolly try to join them or make a safe haven for them.
Daniella looks like a cartoon who will be oblivious and play dumb which will let them make all of Miami-Dade their playground.
She better start making friends with the men and women in blue again.
Xavier should have hired Christian Ulvert
years ago….
WOW I don’t think they were even speaking english. My red state relatives in the Midwest told me that people like those protesters should have their old citizenship applications reviewed with a fine tooth comb. After all a rule is a rule and President Trump supporters or not anyone who took public assistance, made a typo on their application or can’t take the citizenship test in english should have their citizenship rescinded and revoked no matter.