- To entice Florida’s Venezuelans (200,000 people), Trump and Biden are using ads that paint each other as similar to Venezuela’s socialist, authoritarian leaders.
- Many Venezuelans fled to avoid political repression and economic collapse.
- Trump plays on this fear by labelling Biden’s policies as a socialist threat to living standards.
- Biden’s Florida ads portray Trump as a dictatorial authoritarian that lashes back at dissent.
- While most Floridian Venezuelans voted for Hillary in 2016, many now support Trump since he supports a regime change in Venezuela.
Biden the ‘Socialist’ vs. Trump the ‘Caudillo’: The Battle for the Venezuelan Vote
(10/19/2020)