Trump wants to auction off Florida’s coastal waters for oil and gas drilling, but Republicans are warning that if he does so, it will cost him heavily in 2020.

Politico reported:

The Trump administration is considering auctioning off Florida’s coastal waters for oil and gas drilling — and Republicans are warning it could cost the president dearly in Florida in the 2020 election.

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The president and his top advisers haven’t yet weighed in on the plan taking shape inside his Interior Department. But giving it the green light would be tantamount to a declaration of war on his second home state, given the uniform opposition from Florida Republicans, including prominent allies like Sen. Rick Scott, Gov. Ron DeSantis and others.

“He would have a price to pay for that,” Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), a staunch Trump supporter, told POLITICO.

Supporting offshore drilling is political suicide in Florida

Offshore drilling is opposed by both political parties in Florida. The issue is so politically toxic that no recent Republica president has gone near it. However, industry lobbyists have bee working on Trump for two years and now they are close to getting exactly what they want. The political math is very simple. Trump could afford to lose Florida in 2020 as long as he doesn’t lose a single additional state that he carried in 2016.

Since the president is in big trouble in Michigan and Pennsylvania, losing Florida likely means that he loses the 2020 election. The White House plan to lose Florida makes to sense until one considers the degree of corruption and arrogance surrounding this administration. If Trump auctions off Florida’s coastal waters, voters will remember, and they will make the president pay in 2020.

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