City of Miami, FL– City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez told Face the Nation this weekend that he is getting closer to deciding on whether or not he will make a White House run.
“In order to make the debate stage, there’s a couple of criteria that you have to follow. One of them is, you have to be 1% in the polls, which isn’t a problem. Secondly, you have to have 40,000 unique individual contributions, and that takes a little bit of time,” said Suarez, “so the clock is ticking. It’s a soul-searching decision. We are getting much much closer to making a final decision.”
Mayor Suarez first announced the possibility about a week ago with POLITICO.
When asked his thoughts on why Governor Ron DeSantis has not officially announced his bid for the White House, Mayor Suarez responded:
“I’m not here to be a political commentator,” Suarez interjected.
“I’m here, because I’m a Hispanic mayor, a Republican, who was considering running for president.”
One of the things that the two-term Mayor is mulling over is the fact that he is not well-known, however, he appears to be optimistic about that :
“America is incredible,” Mayor Suarez said. “The country picks people that no one expects, oftentimes. Right?”
Mayor Suarez is the son of former Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez and heads the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors.
According to Politico.com, Miami has just recorded its lowest per-capita homicide rate in nearly 60 years and has become a burgeoning tech hub.