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Pence and Trump Campaign Drum Up South Florida Support With Sunshine State Up For Grabs

Supporters of Vice President Mike Pence listen to his speech at a campaign rally at the Cuban Memorial Monument on Thursday in Miami.
Lynne Sladky
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Supporters of Vice President Mike Pence listen to his speech at a campaign rally at the Cuban Memorial Monument on Thursday in Miami.

With the battle for Florida intensifying and votes already being cast in record numbers, President Donald Trump’s campaign fired up a solid source of support on Thursday — Cuban Americans and evangelicals.

Vice President Mike Pence touted the administration’s tough stance on Cuba and Venezuela in a speech at Memorial Cubano, a monument in Miami-Dade County honoring Cubans who died under Fidel Castro’s dictatorship.

“I promise you four more years of President Donald Trump in the White House — it will always be que viva Cuba libre (long live free Cuba),” Pence told cheering supporters.

Read more at our news partner the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

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