In his desperate attempt to get on the GOP presidential debate map, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is giving away both a free year of college and a front row seat to soccer legend Lionel Messi’s first game at InterMiami.
All one has to do is give $1 to his campaign.
Let’s forget a minute how pathetic this stunt is. Suarez, who needs 40,000 individual contributions to his campaign before he can even think about a seat at the debate table, can’t get those checks in any legitimate way. So he’s doing a what any Miami club promoter would do: a raffle.
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Giving to Suarez on Thursday meant that your name would be entered into one of two raffles: One for a free college education and another for a front row seat to Messi’s first game.
Is it legal? Depends on who you ask. It has been done before. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is giving away $20 gift cards for every $1 donation pretty much for the same reason.
But Florida prohibits candidates from using any gambling measures — and buying a raffle ticket is still considered gambling.
The Super PAC helping Suarez, SOS America paid for the digital ads and other promotion of the tuition free year, for which they use the AI Suarez. So he can always say it wasn’t him.
But Suarez himself — the champion of Miami Freedom Park, who held the developers’ hands throughout the whole twisted real estate deal disguised as a stadium — tweeted about the Messi seat.
There is one problem with the raffle, though. It’s how he got the front row ticket in the first place. Was it gifted to him? By who? Was it Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, who gave Baby X and his wife $30,000 Formula 1 tickets two months ago. Aren’t there limitations on the value of gifts to campaigns?
According to the InterMiami web page, front row tickets cost between $1,000 and $10,000.
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We’re cutting him some slack, after Forbes Magazine interviewed him and he received a reasonably calid user reception in the web.We are amused by how he’ll disentangle himself from this enterprise. The motivation surely comes from a family tradition, and his feankness mitigates whatever experience he’s wanting ! .
Problem with Suarez and the rest of them is not that they are ” Republicans ” but the reality is they are simply self serving , developer owned , con artists .
They are not Republicans but run as such since most Cubans are Republicans .
Suarez wanted to force crypto currency on Miami government employees , he is wishy washy OFTEN caught up in latest fad , Zero accountability is his motto like the other Miami Cuban ” Republicans ”.
Look at Hialeah with its unreal property tax and how poorly run.
Simply ask anyone who has lived outside of Miami in a Republican run area if these assorted self serving con artists in action are Republicans .
Unless swing states and in truth pretty much every state including Florida outside of Miami now vote on one issue ‘ Cuba libre ‘ Suarez has no chance at all but he gets his name out there and keeps PAC money .
It is corrupt, whether legal or not. InterMiami and Messi are being used for his campaign, which is mostly about spreading the preferred messages of his donors. Every move I see in Suarez’ campaign makes me like him less.
Scammer x 2
Such a looser with shit on his hands, no wonder several staff has left his office. plus taking $$ for personal gains, 250K for a new boat paid in cash (by a developer friend) plus 1 million for a “presidential run” more like a gardeners job.
Now he wants to scam YOU into giving $1.00 for a Inter Miami ticket desperate times calls for desperate measures.
Freaking Clown
Pathetic indeed! Also egotistic, clueless and unprepared, yet dangerous for his disregard of norms, rules and laws. Reminds me of our 45th president but with a Hispanic surname and without the wealth. I will take a “pathetically stumbling” 80 years old Biden over any of the “Red” MAGA candidates any day of the week.
The City of Miami municipal government is a cesspool of corruption. Francis Suarez profits from the corruption. Herald reports Francis Suarez’s Net Worth goes up 50% to 100% every year. Joe Carollo loses $63 MILLION of the taxpayers money as he is found guilty of corruption. City Attorney Vicky Mendez defends and encourages corruption. Alex DLP does not live in his district.
Imagine, if the nation were run as the City of Miami Building Department, nothing would ever get done! How many years has Suarez been there and done nothing? I guess he must be waiting for payments to get projects approved.
Thank you Elaine for keeping us informed of our maniguero local politicians creativity.
I wonder if Messi approved having his name used for this petty and desperate move by our GQ mayor
Is that legal? Hmmmmm
Pathetic is a better word to describe President Biden, who cannot walk into an airplane without tumbling.
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