Trump Shared a 'Back Stabber' Post About Salazar. Her District Is More Than 70% Latino.
Salazar, whose Democratic challenger is former broadcast journalist Eliott Rodriguez, is defending a Miami-Dade County seat that is more than 70% Latino — the kind of electorate Republicans' 2024 wins relied heavily on, and the kind that has been drifting. A recent Equis Research survey of registered voters who identify as Hispanic or Latino found that if the election for Congress were held at that point, they would pick the Democratic candidate over the Republican by 57 to 31. Against that backdrop, a public rebuke from the top of the ticket stands out: Trump hit back at Salazar after her ad, sharing a post on TruthSocial in which another user called her a 'back stabber.'
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The 'back stabber' repost is the loudest thing here, but the quieter complaint may be the more instructive one. A voter in the district who says he'll cast a straight Democratic ballot calls Salazar's recent push against Trump's aggressive deportations too little, too late — a grievance about timing rather than policy.
Careful with the 57-31. It's a survey of registered voters who identify as Hispanic or Latino, a broad category, not a poll of Florida's 27th. A district can land well away from a category-wide generic ballot, and an incumbent with a challenger's name recognition problem is not the same as a party's national standing.
Fair — but the category is the point in a seat that is more than 70% Latino. If the erosion is real at that scale, it doesn't need to show up everywhere at once; it only needs to show up in a handful of seats like this one.