Florida of the day: Donald Trump helps make Florida “Florida” again

Secret Service escorts leader of Florida’s Black Republican Caucus from Trump rally because…well, you know why.

Sean P. Jackson must love uphill battles: he’s young, black, a Republican strategist, and he’s a true believer in Donald Trump. The sad thing is that Donald Trump’s campaign doesn’t seem to be a believer in him: the Secret Service recently escorted him from a Trump event, despite his being the chairman of the Black Republican Caucus of Florida. When he asked the Trump campaign’s chief Florida strategist, Karen Giorno, to vouch for him, she refused to do so. Worse still, Jackson says that Giorno said that his “classification of people” wasn’t necessary to win the election for Trump.

• Miami New Times: Trump’s Top Black Republican in Florida Says State Campaign Doesn’t Care About Black Voter Outreach
• BuzzFeed: Black Republicans Growing Even More Frustrated With Trump Effort

Trump says Florida’s Republican governor Rick Scott is doing a “fantastic job” on “the Zika”, which means…well, you know.

“You have a great governor who’s doing a fantastic job, [Florida Governor] Rick Scott, on the Zika,” Trump told CBS12 News in Daytona in early August. “He’s going to have it under control. He probably already does.”

As usual, the facts don’t line up with what Trump says. The Florida Department of Health, which operates under Scott, said that at the time he made the statement, there were at least 336 people confirmed to have Zika, 55 of whom were pregnant women. As of August 18th, the count has climbed to 479.

• Miami New Times: Donald Trump: Rick Scott Is Doing a “Fantastic Job” With “the Zika”

Remember that Florida kid who killed a couple and tried to eat one of their faces? Guess what he was wearing.

On August 15th, a young Florida man name Austin Kelly Harrouff stabbed a random couple who were twice his age to death, and while “grunting and growling”, attempted to bite off the face of one of his victims.

It turned out that prior to his crazy face-eating rampage, Harrouff’s mother called 911 to report that he was behaving erratically and had gone off into the night jabbering something about being a superhero. When asked to provide a description, his mother said that he was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat.

• Boing Boing: While eating man’s face, Florida ‘cannibal killer’ wore Trump ‘Make America Great Again’ hat
• Palm Beach Post: AUDIO: Austin Harrouff’s mother’s call to police: Son “a little delusional…and feels immortal, like a superhero”