Miami Florida Mayor
I did not vote for Trump for president either time. There was just so much wrong with him as a human being. His idea of superiority is skewed heavily to himself . . . He is not. Typically, if you have to keep claiming such over and over again, there is an issue of inferiority. I do subscribe to Civil Discourse.
The new Mayor for Miami is female, a Democrat, the first in ~30 years. Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse) introduces us to her and what this election could portent for 2026 elections.
“Trump on Women”
– by Joyce Vance
The new Mayor of Miami, Florida, is a Democrat. And a woman.
In 2021, Republican Francis Suarez was reelected. He won with 78.6% of the vote.
Tonight, Ellen Higgins became the first Democrat elected mayor in the city in almost 30 years. Unofficial results from tonight’s election show she garnered 59% of the vote to Republican Emilio Gonzalez’s nearly 41%. That’s a ginormous swing.
Although the race is technically nonpartisan, it attracted national attention this year. It’s one in a series of off-year elections being viewed as bellwethers for the midterms.
Higgins’ big win won’t make Donald Trump happy.
For one thing, he put some skin in the game for her opponent. A Trump endorsement is no longer a magic touch, more like a kiss of death.
For another thing, Higgins is a woman. And in case you haven’t noticed, the president has real problems with women. As in, he doesn’t like them, and he can’t stand it when they best him. There are, of course, the nasty comments he sneered at Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in their respective races. And the firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook combined with the attempt to smear her name with allegations of mortgage fraud, as well as the prosecution of New York Attorney General Tish James, who successfully took on Trump’s company in court. They are both Black women.
Trump spews abuse at his perceived enemies but reserves the worst of it for women. Just ask E. Jean Carroll, whom he called a liar and attempted to belittle by saying she wasn’t his type—even as he misidentified a photo of her as his second wife, Marla Maples, during a deposition. Ms. Magazine tried to explain Trump’s history of demeaning and silencing women like this in January of this year: “Trump employs personal attacks to discredit women critics, avoiding accountability while amplifying misogyny.”
The last few weeks have been full of presidential misogyny directed toward journalists. He’s engaged in the kind of waspish retorts to legitimate questions that should raise eyebrows in political settings, but of course, this is Donald Trump, and the malicious, hateful treatment of women is already baked in. Most people barely raise an eyebrow.
On Saturday, Trump called CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “stupid and nasty” on Truth Social because she had the temerity to question him about cost overruns with his ridiculous White House ballroom project. In other words, the president of the United States heaped unmerited criticism on a female journalist for simply trying to do her job.
We discussed Trump’s effort to silence Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey last month, cutting her off by saying “Quiet, Piggy!” as she pushed him for details on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
“Trump on Women,” Civil Discourse, Joyce Vance. December 9, 2025