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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet the 71-year-old staging a one-man protest in his Trump-loving retirement community (in FL)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/08/trump-protest-the-villages-golf-cart/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1440
For his one-man protest against the president, McGinty has been berated as a baby killer and a dumb a--, decried in letters to the editor of a local news site and hit with an anonymous, handwritten threat a sign that even a town that is described as Disney World for retirees and markets itself as Floridas Friendliest Hometown is not immune to the divisiveness of this political era.
There was always a divide, but we coexisted, said Chris Stanley, president of The Villages Democratic Club. There would be some good-natured back and forth, but your neighbors were your friends. Youd have dinner with the Republicans because it wasnt a big deal. These days, the division in the country shows up best in The Villages because now the Republicans, they wont golf with you anymore, or you dont want to golf with them.
The 120,000-person enclave is a Trump stronghold in a county the president carried by nearly 70 percent, where Republicans outnumber Democrats two to one and golf carts the main mode of transportation are adorned with Trump bumper stickers. A regular stop for GOP politicians and hopefuls, it is Republican to its roots, created by billionaire conservative developer H. Gary Morse, who donated millions of dollars to the partys candidates and committees before his death in 2014.
Even employees of The Villages have been pressured to support the Republican cause, according to Politico Magazine, which noted in a 2018 feature on the community that the development firm encouraged them to donate to Mitt Romneys 2012 presidential campaign to show that The Villages family is all in.
The Villages is here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Villages,+FL/@28.9018879,-82.0555111,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88e7c1561da39a99:0x553b129a94b4af67!8m2!3d28.927019!4d-82.0037608
(about 45 miles northwest of Orlando)
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Meet the 71-year-old staging a one-man protest in his Trump-loving retirement community (in FL) (Original Post)
steve2470
Feb 2020
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usaf-vet
(6,194 posts)1. Another reason to avoid Florida. To avoid being overrun by tRump cultist. KUDOS to Mr. McGinty
TWO bright lights this week Romney and McGinty. The courage to speak out against the orange man.
We've been in Arizona rv'ing. dump hats and flags everywhere you go. Some dump stores too. When we're plugged in I keep a wifi router on with an anti 45 message. I need to rename it now and am open to suggestions. Stay United
TraitorWall
MAGARepellent
Bayard
(22,123 posts)2. Well done, Sir!
skip fox
(19,359 posts)3. Right on!
aeromanKC
(3,326 posts)5. Kudos to the MAGAt Marsha Hill for making Ed McGinty a national hero
I saw the golf cart YouTube clip last week and sent it to all my family!!
(Ed's going to have to get in line though to punch him in the nose)