Florida GOP ad takes aim at Trump

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VIEW IN BROWSER Saturday, Sep. 19, 2026 Today,  we’re looking why this Florida Republican just broke with Trump on immigration, the MAGA faithful’s struggle over their definition of “heritage Americans,” how Trump’s dismissal of the rest of the world could hurt America and more. Plus, Nicolle Wallace speaks out on Trump “banning” MS NOW from the White House. MS NOW; Courtesy Rep. María Elvira Salazar Why this Florida Republican just went on the record criticizing Trump's immigration policies By Julio Ricardo Varela Three years ago, before Donald Trump won his second term, I posed a question to Latino Republicans about their party’s growing nativist wing: How willing are you to break ranks with your party on immigration and place your community over partisan politics? Now one of those lawmakers, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., has answered with a campaign ad that appears to break ranks with Trump. Salazar is not just any Republican distancing herself from an unpopular president. In 2024, Trump won close to 60% of Florida’s Latino vote and became the first Republican since 1988 to win Miami.  Yet in Trump’s second term, his cruel immigration policies are directly affecting the very communities Salazar represents. And the data on Trump’s crackdown go a long way toward explaining why she made this ad.   This is a preview of Julio Ricardo Varela’s latest column. Read the full article here. Respond directly to Julio Ricardo Varela's column by submitting a letter to the editor through this form. Read our submission guidelines here.  Respond directly to Julio Ricardo Varela's column by submitting a letter to the editor through this form. Read our submission guidelines here.  Must Reads Jessica Pons / For The Washington Post via Getty Images Ben Shapiro and the MAGA civil war over the right way to demonize immigrants A Republican candidate’s racist post about University of Texas football fans sparked a battle on the right between polite xenophobes and overt bigots, writes Anthony L. Fisher. Read more.  Trump’s foreign policy recklessness is coming home to roost The president’s actions overseas eventually have an effect here at home, argues Luke Russert. Read more.  There’s a lot for Republicans to hate in this new Fox News poll No matter how many times he tries, a new poll shows that Trump can’t simply gloss over the economic pain that his policies have caused voters, argues Hayes Brown. Read more.  Carson Elm-Picard / MS NOW; Jim Lo Scalzo / Bloomberg; Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images; Mario Tama / Getty Images Nobody who’s lived through disaster should find Trump’s FEMA remarks funny In Trump’s value system, anyone seeking help from the government he controls owes him and his party allegiance, argues Jarvis DeBerry. Read more.   Top Videos   DEADLINE: WHITE HOUSE ‘He wants people to be afraid to cover him’: Nicolle speaks out on Trump ‘banning’ MS NOW from White House  Watch now   THE MOMENT WITH KATY TUR Republicans shift messaging ahead of midterms as some red states become more competitive Watch now   THE WEEKNIGHT ‘Dereliction of duty’: Symone rips lack of Democratic support for Texas gubernatorial nominee Watch now   THE MOMENT WITH KATY TUR Top DOJ official allegedly warned prosecutors would be fired for not pursuing alleged voter fraud cases Watch now   More from MS NOW   Andrew Weissmann, MS NOW legal analyst and former FBI general counsel, is answering your legal news questions on his new series made exclusively for MS NOW members. Submit your legal news questions for Andrew to answer in a future episode of MS NOW’s Member-exclusive series, “Answers with Andrew Weissmann.”  You can’t change the news, but now you can change the way you experience it. With the MS NOW Membership, you get a curated feed that delivers clarity, not just more content. Join us at ms.now/membership. This Weekend on MS NOW   Saturday “Connect with Jacob Soboroff” at 10 a.m. ET: Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) “The Assignment with Antonia Hylton” at 1 p.m. ET: Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg… Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert.. Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.)... Democratic Congressional Candidate Eliott Rodriguez   Sunday “The Weekend” at 7 a.m. ET: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)... Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.)... Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.)... Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar… Former White House official Ashley Davis… Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel “PoliticsNation” at 5 p.m. ET: Former Governor and Senate Candidate Roy Cooper (D-N.C.)… Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)... State Rep. and Gubernatorial Candidate Jermane Johnson (D-S.C.)... Former Rep. and Gubernatorial Candidate Davd Jolly (D-Fla.) *Subject to change   229 West 43rd St. New York, NY 10036 PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE