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No welcome mats were set up for Trump by the Florida Democrats, who attacked the president's choice of venue for the launch party.

"I can not believe that Donald Trump has the audacity to start his re-election campaign in central Florida, where thousands of my fellow Puerto Rican residents reside," he said. Darren Soto, a US congressman representing parts of Orlando and Kissimmee, where tens of thousands of people were evacuated from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017.

"Donald Trump is not a friend of the Puerto Rican community in Florida or on the island. More than 3,000 people are dying, the longest electricity blackout in modern history, and you can not forget the images of his move to San Juan after the pbadage of the past. hurricane and throwing napkins to the victims of this terrible disaster. "

Soto, the first congressman of Puerto Rican descent, who was re-elected by a substantial margin at the mid-session last November, partly thanks to the large number of islanders who resettled in the center of Puerto Rico. Florida blamed Trump for having retained disaster relief resources in Puerto Rico and the Florida Panhandle, devastated by Hurricane Michael last October.

"It's unacceptable," he said. "I am sick of thinking that he is now in our state asking for a new mandate. The people of Florida, the people of central Florida, the people of Panhandle, deserve better, and we will give them to them. "

Terrie Rizzo, president of the Democratic Party of Florida, spoke at a rally between Trump and Stonewall Bar in Orlando.

"Immigrants strengthen our state and our country, you insult and downplay," she said in comments to Trump.

"We know what Donald Trump will say today, the same old lies that he always does. But we have a message for Donald Trump: in 2020, Florida will defeat you. "

Andrew Gillum, who was narrowly defeated by Republican Ron DeSantis in the Florida governor race in November, quoted Rizzo in a statement.

"Florida is the only state that can single-handedly deny Donald Trump's reelection," he said.

"Trump is nervous because he knows it. That's why he's here to launch what is sure to be a rally and a campaign full of insults, insults and calling from the worst side of his base. "