3 Million Independents Locked Out of Voting in Florida’s Closed Primary
Millions of independent voters were locked out of taxpayer-funded elections in Florida, including 640,000 veterans. Plus, the DSA continues its takeover of the Democratic Party, and Stephen Colbert for Senate?
Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the 3,324,324 independent Floridians — including more than 640,000 veterans — barred from voting in this week's closed primary, why the DSA keeps hijacking Democratic primaries and losing general elections from Florida to Michigan, the independent veterans already on November ballots (Mike Klein and Lacey Villarreal), the widening Senate lane for Stephen Colbert in South Carolina against the installed Darlene Graham, and why Pete Hegseth is campaigning in Iowa while sailors on the USS Lincoln reportedly go without adequate resupply. Independents are not moving the needle. Independents are the needle. Stay vigilant.
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