Eileen Higgins’s win has reset the city’s political landscape in some ways not seen in 28 years, and in others not at all
Miami’s new mayor, Eileen Higgins, hailed it as “a new day” for the city after the Democrat ended three decades of Republican rule on Tuesday night in a stunning election triumph.
In reality, the result is more of a seismic shifting of sands given the magnitude of her victory over the Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate, Emilio González, in the most populous city in Miami-Dade county, which the president won in 2024 by 12%.
Higgins won the run-off with almost 60% of the vote, according to preliminary results reported Wednesday by the Miami Herald. More than just further evidence of a growing national backlash against Trump’s policies on the national stage, particularly immigration, her win has reset Miami’s political landscape in a manner not seen in some ways in 28 years, and in others not at all.
At the current state of things I’ll take a step back from the cliff rather than a step off.
Arguably we are off the cliff and you want to argue if the hand of the person pulling you back up meets your moral tests. If they don’t you demand they release you so you can continue to fall while you wait for your ideal savior. Hopefully they reach you before you reach the bottom
You are assuming that the hand is actually pulling you up. That’s a mistake.
That strategy has been the predominant one for the Democratic Party since the 1990s. How has the country been doing since then?
If my options were to be dropped off a cliff or dangled over the edge, dangling is preferable.
I’d obviously prefer the person that will lift me up, but if they’re not there
It’s up to us to push our representatives to show results beyond the “not Trump”.
When the Democrats used to wield power for the working class they had full control of the country for decades.
You’re right there. I won’t reject a victory over republicans, but I do want better
I think I’m just tired of the Democratic Party always having just enough centrists to take the blame for their inaction. John Fetterman, Tim Kaine, Chuck Schumer, Kory Booker and more like them will always screw over the working class to appease the wealthy capitalists.