She voted to fund ICE, she was silent when Alligator Alcatraz was here. We need somebody in Congress who will be focused on bringing funds to this district for affordable housing, for infrastructure, for mass transit, to return the healthcare benefits that…
Meantly / Midterms 2026 / FL-27 / Eliott Rodriguez
Midterms 2026 · FL-27
Eliott Rodriguez
Across 14 statements tracked since 27 Sept 2026, Eliott Rodriguez's most frequent rhetorical moves are absolutes and threat & fear.
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This week against their usual
Hostility this week 0.6 / 10, 0.4 above their usual 0.2.
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I am far from that. I am the product of capitalism, free enterprise and hard work.
Local businesses are hurting, and María Elvira Salazar’s goon squad is trying to destroy a small business in her district with a modern-day ‘acto de repudio’ (‘organized mob intimidation’), just like the communists they pretend to hate.
Es simplemente una manera fácil de evitar defender el historial de lo que está ocurriendo ahora, llamando a alguien socialista o comunista. Pasaron de ser propietarios de una empresa un día a ser empleados del Estado al día siguiente. Así que conozco muy bien…
That is just an easy way not to defend the record of what is happening right now, to call someone a socialist or communism. They went from being one day from being owners of a company to being employees of the state the next day. So, I am very well aware of…
They identify seats that can be flipped, and we are proud to say that we are on that list. We did not vote for this immigration policy that is cruel, inhumane, and it is impacting our community. We need a change of direction.
Many people in the Cuban-American community, when Salazar voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, lost their health care subsidies, which left them with sky-high premiums or no insurance at all.
Rents are too high. Buying a house is something out of the question.
As much as my opponent would like to make this election about politics in Latin America, it’s really about the people of Florida’s 27th District. Those are the people I answer to, those are the problems I intend to solve, and those are the people I will…
The polling shows I can beat Maria Elvira Salazar, so I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it.’ Here I am, and it’s going well. I think we’re going to win.
I think I have a different view of the world. I'm a lifelong Democrat. My dad was a Democrat as well. He admired Lyndon Johnson for signing the civil rights law and also for allowing Cubans to come to this country during the 1960s, so I continue that…
What I considered was how I felt about what’s going on in this country. And I thought that if I don’t run, if I don’t do this, if I don’t take this opportunity to flip this seat, I may be angry, I may be depressed, I may be cursing at the television. Welcome…
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