After the smoke of the heated debate had cleared, three things stood out about the democratic socialist, Andrew Gillum: 1) he’s a race-baiter, 2) he’s corrupt, and, 3) his policies would be damaging and regressive to Florida’s diverse and thriving economy.

Growing up in Los Angeles, California, I never experienced the type of true ethnic diversity you see in Florida. Sure, there were different races and ethnicities represented there, but we were segregated in our own communities, often times, voluntarily. So, you can imagine my shock when I moved to Orlando, Fl (the south by all intents and purposes) in 1993 and saw that people of all races and ethnicities lived in the same neighborhoods and mingled amongst each other. I was particularly shocked at how many interracial couples around town. That was rare in California at the time. To be clear, I’m not stating there weren’t issues of racism here, there were. But, Florida, as I saw it, better exemplified our nation’s motto, E Pluribus Unum – from many one. Although many races and ethnicities live here, multiculturalism isn’t a huge issue. We have many racial and ethnic differences. Many hold on to the customs of their native lands, but we’re all American first. Florida is a true melting pot.

So, you can imagine my frustration watching the gubernatorial debates as it became clear that Andrew Gillum’s response to virtually all of DeSantis’s criticisms of him was to call him a racist. He never hesitated to play the race card. In just a couple of debates, Gillum pitted blacks against whites, the rich against the poor and men against women. If he’s elected, it’ll be virtually impossible for Republicans to criticize his policies without being branded racists. This is exactly what the left wants. Why? Because they don’t want to be judged by the validity of their failing policies.

Secondly, we now have records that show Andrew Gillum illegally accepted bribes as the mayor of Tallahassee and he flat out lied about it to our faces in both debates! That should scare all of us enough to stop him from becoming governor. Many voters are finding out for the first time that Gillum accepted trips to New York City and Costa Rica, tickets to Hamilton the play, and paid for hotel stays from an FBI undercover agent, by the name of Mike Miller. In exchange, Gillum hooked him up with $2 million in government contracts. But, it didn’t stop there!

In one of their latest headlines about Gillum, The Tampa Bay Times reported that “New Andrew Gillum Documents Show FBI Agent Might have Paid for Fundraiser Dinner.” The column goes on to say “An FBI agent might have paid more than $4,000 in food and drinks for one of Andrew Gillum’s campaign fundraisers in 2016…” Furthermore, the Tampa Bay Times explains “But the contribution in early 2016 does not appear in the records for Gillum’s political committee.” Approximately 40 people that attended the event were served “filet mignons, salmon mousse canapes and cocktails, provided by 101 Restaurant.” Adam Corey, a Tallahassee lobbyist, friend to Gillum, and former owner of the restaurant passed the bill off to undercover agent Mike Miller, presumedly so Gillum didn’t get his hands dirty.

The questions that need to be asked of Gillum by all Floridians are 1) How can we trust a man that takes bribes to handle Florida’s large budget without corruption? And, 2) Does he expect to continue living like a king as governor?

Lastly, Andrew Gillum’s “healthcare for all,” free college tuition for all, raise Florida’s corporate tax rate by nearly 40%, from 5.5% to nearly 8 percent, would devastate our economy.

We’ve been lied to before about “healthcare for all” by another smooth-tongued leftist by the name of President Barack Obama, and he had an even larger budget at his disposal to make it happen. At the time,he claimed that “if you like your healthcare plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” After 4.7 million cancelations of existing plans by health insurance companies in 32 states, due to new benefit mandates in Obamacare, such as men having to buy birth control insurance, it became clear that Obama lied.

He also lied about being able to keep your doctors. Many plans under the Obamacare exchanges offered limited provider networks, which ensured that most wouldn’t be able to keep their existing doctor, or they’d have to pay more to do so. This included Medicare patients.

Not to mention Obama’s most infamous lie of all, “In an Obama administration, we’ll lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year.” Instead, monthly premiums for families increased by more than 100 percent, an average of $2,976 in the first few years of Obamacares implementation and they’re still rising today.

Andrew Gillum is selling fairytales and Floridians will be stuck with the bill. He’s using the race-card and stoking envy and fear amongst voters by demonizing job creators, and claiming that DeSantis’s policies will hurt the poor and elderly. Given eight years of Rick Scott’s successful governorship, that Desantis will build upon, it’s clear that’s nonsense. It’s also clear that Andrew Gillum will say or do anything to gain power.

Don’t let Gillum’s good looks, nice smile and smooth-tongue fool you. He never had any intention on debating the merits of his policies because they’ve already been tried and failed.

Read More at https://townhall.com/columnists/carljackson/2018/10/30/3-reasons-floridians-shouldnt-vote-for-guiltygillum-n2532926