Miami
Trump steps up criticism of María Elvira Salazar over immigration stance
The U.S. President publicly renewed his attacks on the Miami Republican after she objected to parts of his deportation policy. Florida Politics reported that Salazar had not directly answered the weekend posts.
Donald Trump escalated his dispute with U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar after the Miami Republican broke with him on immigration enforcement.
Florida Politics reported that over the weekend Trump posted repeatedly on Truth Social against Salazar, reposting roughly a dozen messages from users criticizing her. According to the outlet, several of those reposts urged South Florida Republicans to find another candidate for Congressional District 27.
The clash grew out of a television ad Salazar released this month in which she addressed Trump directly and argued that his deportation policy had gone too far. In the ad, she said Hispanic voters who backed him in 2024 now feel let down, and cited data showing that more than half of the 50,000 immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in July had no criminal record.
Florida Politics said Trump also addressed the disagreement from the Oval Office. Citing a CNN report, the outlet said he stated that he disagreed with Salazar, accused her of going soft on the border issue, and argued that she would not have won her seat without his endorsement, noting that he backed her in 2020 and again this year.
The public dispute leaves Salazar in a difficult position ahead of 2026. Florida Politics noted that District 27, which covers much of Miami-Dade County, includes a large Hispanic and Cuban American electorate, while Trump’s backing has historically helped energize Republican turnout. So far, the outlet added, Salazar has not issued a direct response to the weekend posts.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
