As Democrats rally around President-elect Joe Biden, many in the party’s centrist wing are increasingly trying to distance themselves from the rhetoric of their far-left colleagues whose open embrace of the term socialism, moderates say, is turning off many would-be voters.
These concerns have been particularly pronounced in Florida, where Republicans made significant gains in the November election.
Most notable is Florida Rep.-elect Carlos Gimenez, the former mayor of Miami-Dade County. Gimenez, who fled the Cuban Revolution, told Fox News that Democrats’ “extremism” helped him flip a House seat for Republicans.
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