Gillum Campaign Cuts Ties With Aide Caught in Veritas Video Saying Candidate Fooling Voters

Gillum Campaign Cuts Ties With Aide Caught in Veritas Video Saying Candidate Fooling Voters
Democratic Candidate for Florida Governor, Mayor Andrew Gillum with his mother Frances Gillum in Richmond Heights, Fla., on Nov. 1, 2018. Michelle Eve Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
reporter
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Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has cut ties with a campaign aide and vendor who was caught on camera detailing why Gillum can’t deliver on some of his campaign promises.

When questioned by an undercover reporter from Project Veritas Action about whether voters knew this, the aide, identified as Omar Smith, said, “That’s not for them to know,” and insisted that it be kept a secret. He also referred to Florida as an “[expletive] up [expletive] state” and “a cracker state.”
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
reporter
Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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