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| POSTED ON: May 23, 2016
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's (D-FL) primary opponent Tim Canova appears on MSNBC to combat the "myth" that she is popular in the state of Florida. Bernie Sanders has endorsed Canova and will actively campaign for him. Transcript, via MSNBC:
KATE SNOW, MSNBC: Let me start, though, by saying Debbie Wasserman Schultz, she's a well-known figure. She's represented the people of your area since she was 26 years old, either in Tallahassee or then in Washington, DC. She won her last two reelections, as you know, with 63 percent of the vote. She has a lot of seniority. She has a high profile as DNC chair.
How are you going to be better for the people of South Florida than she is?
TIM CANOVA, (D) CANDIDATE FOR FL-23: Well, first of all, I'll say that her popularity is a bit of a myth. When you give numbers like her winning reelection over 60 percent of the vote, this is a very safely Democratic district, like many of the districts in this country that have been gerrymandered. They're either safely Democratic or safely Republican.
SNOW: Well, but she won her primaries...
CANOVA: She's been a member of Congress for 12 years. I have been a candidate for less than 90 days and we got more contributions in Florida than she did.
So her popularity is a bit of a myth. She's been pushing for big corporate interests for a while. And voters are really not in the mood for more of the same. There's a big anti-incumbent wave in this country. We saw it start two years ago, when Eric Cantor, the second ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, lost to a college professor who he outraised by 40 to 1.
And then you take a look at this presidential cycle, it's not just the rise of Bernie Sanders, but you also have Donald Trump.
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