Veteran journalist and first-time political candidate María Elvira Salazar was defeated at the ballot box and will not replace Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Congress.
She lost the race to democrat Donna Shalala, a former President of the University of Miami from 2001 to 2015. She is also a former Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton.
A longtime Spanish-language TV personality Salazar quit her job as a news anchor at MegaTV in January to pursue a career in politics, won the republican nomination in August over experienced politicians. But her TV celebrity status, after 30 years working for Telemundo, CNN en Español and MegaTV was not enough to attract the necessary votes to get her elected to Congress.
In her concession speech, Salazar told the crowd: “The results are not what we expected… what you expected. But thank God we live in a free country, where people can make decisions and vote their hearts with no fear.”
I’m glad she did, she has no knowledge in politics, thank god she lost her opponent does because she was president at the University Of Miami from 2001 to 2015. So she has knowledge in politics since that school is one of the most politically educated schools in america. She most have been aware she was to lose because this was the year of us Democrats. By the way I hope she knows that her opponent Donna Shalala, Is the oldest freshmen representative in the U.S. House. But Maris had know chance she a cuban woman, and Cubans are tired of Trump, though there the most racist group of Hispanics, and the most strongest group of Hispanic Trump Supporters. There even tired of him and republicans why because her, and Carlos Curbelo, and those other Republican Cuban were voted out, Cubans have felt they’ve been used and they think those politicians still have that Castro Exile, White Supremacy wanna be mindset.
I’m glad she did, she has no knowledge in politics, thank god she lost her opponent does because she was president at the University Of Miami from 2001 to 2015. So she has knowledge of politics since that school is one of the most politically educated schools in America. She must have been aware she was to lose because this was the year of us Democrats. By the way, I hope she knows that her opponent Donna Shalala, Is the oldest freshmen representative in the U.S. House. But Maris had no chance she a Cuban woman, and Cubans are tired of Trump, though there the most racist group of Hispanics, and the strongest group of Hispanic Trump Supporters. There even tired of him and Republicans why because her, and Carlos Curbelo, and those other Republican Cuban were voted out, Cubans have felt they’ve been used and they think those politicians still have that Castro Exile, White Supremacy wannabe mindset.
Gavin Martin, at first your comments are laughable then they move to being depressing. You insult everyone (Maria Elvira, Cubans and Trump supporters) and I’m sure you then go around asking for equality, diversity and respect…
Prince Shut Up
As I said before, I’m amazed at your tolerance and inclusion. You must be with ANTIFA. By the way, I would not ask you to shut-up, just like I won’t be silenced by you. As a conservative, I support the Constitution and the 1st Amendment, and I do appreciate the free discussion and flow of ideas. GOD Bless America!
You devil you’re the reason why we have a crisis in this country in terms of race, religion, and healthcare, in this country and she openly believes in striping Obamacare, I been on her website I’ve read her stuff and its the same Republican BS as all others. Y’all are the reason why hate crimes have gone up and racial attacks have gone up, and shootings like the one just yesterday in California, there all white supremacist and Trump-lovers, shooting everybody up just like the Parkland Boy. And yall republicans are the reason why the media has criticized the president. Attacking the media and yet Maria was apart of it for 30 years and now she denouncing it. Its that Republican-Trump Propaganda plaguing this country. Yall made the media more securitized now Journalist like her are at the fear of dying because of yall Trump Conservatives like Cesar Sayoc, like who sends bombs to CNN, and Democratic Political Officials.
The main and probably only reason she lost, it was that no one here in the Pueblo, never believed that she was GOP. Everybody knows here that she has always been more blue than Doris, Nemo’s pal.
We might be humble and language challenged, but stupid we aren’t.
As a Miami resident, I’m very glad Maria Elvira did not get elected. Except for being famous on TV she did not bring anything to the job. While I am not a huge fan of Shalala, a university, and especially one as big as UM requires a person to understand opposing viewpoints, learn to work with everyone and still achieve a goal. The complexity of UM closely mirrors the complexity that is Miami-Dade and I think that this is a huge plus on the job.
This was a vote against Trump, simple. Good luck for the 27 district people with that lady