Fried’s Hispanic Outreach Struggles Continue ?

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Florida Democrats’ “hemorrhaging of the Hispanic vote” seemed to be top of mind at their annual conference this weekend. A concern that continues to be aggravated by their only statewide elected official Nikki Fried.

Fried has been less than subtle about her efforts to target Hispanic voters, yet those efforts continue to be handicapped by one misstep after another:

• Back in June, Newsweek caught her using liberal language on her English website and more moderate copy in Spanish,
• Over the weekend, Cuban-American elected officials called on Fried to apologize for agreeing with an MSNBC host who compared Ron DeSantis to Fidel Castro, and
• Yesterday, Fried’s senior adviser on Latino issues came under fire for calling on the FBI to investigate a Spanish-language outlet that has criticized Fried.

“Anyone who still doesn’t understand why Florida Democrats are ‘hemorrhaging’ Hispanic voters should look no further than the only statewide elected Democrat Nikki Fried,” said RGA spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez. “Fried misappropriates and belittles the experiences of Florida’s victims of Cuban communism, intentionally tries to mislead Spanish-language voters about her politics, and now has an advisor willing to threaten any Spanish-language outlet that scrutinizes Fried’s record.”