By Anita Bennett editor Andrew Gillum, a rising star in the Democratic party and CNN contributor, has apologized after he was found in a Miami Beach hotel room early Friday with a man who overdosed on what police believe was crystal meth.
Gillum, 40, rose to national prominence when he became Florida’s first African-American nominee for governor. He narrowly lost the November 2018 general election to Republican Ron DeSantis.
The progressive politician’s career now looks to be in jeopardy after he was found “inebriated” at the Mondrian South Beach hotel, where police and paramedics responded to a “medical incident.” Miami Beach police were notified after a 56-year-old man named Aldo Mejias called for help around 1 a.m., according to the
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