Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is running campaign ads touting her fight against sea level rise in Miami, as more and more Democrats point to global warming as the biggest issue facing the country.
Sea level rise has become a hot topic in southern Florida, and Democrats and activists have tied it to man-made global warming. Ros-Lehtinen broke ranks with her party and jumped onto the global warming bandwagon.
Ros-Lehtinen’s campaign committee is running ads, in English and Spanish, claiming she “worked to arrest the effects of sea-level rise: because our community’s jobs depend on pristine beaches and natural beauty.” She’s been endorsed by the Miami Herald, in part, for her environmental stance.
Standing for working families and our environment are my priorities in #SoFla. Help me protect small biz + combat #SeaLevelRise pic.twitter.com/6PFJH9TpZH
— Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (@RosLehtinenCamp) October 21, 2016
Ros-Lehtinen, whose district is in Miami-Dade County, is bucking her party on issues — like global warming and gay marriage — and has even said she won’t vote for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this November.
She also refused to support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
