The Cuban influencer and former candidate for the Miami-Dade mayoralty, Alexander Otaola, is back, and in his Monday broadcast of El mañanero after his idyllic vacation in Hawaii, he insisted that he will continue to demand a vote recount at all costs.
However, beyond the result of the hypothetical recount, Otaola clarified that his path in politics is not over, and he threatened to run as a candidate for the mayor of Hialeah.
"If I reached 12 percent in a first campaign, where none of us had ever been in a campaign, well, if I run for mayor of Hialeah, I believe I would win, and I could move to Hialeah as soon as tomorrow," he pointed out.
To those who think he has traveled with the money from his Miami-Dade mayoral campaign, the influencer left a message: "That money will be used for other political campaigns that I am going to run for. We are not done. I'm not the type to enter something just to leave through the back door."
Otaola took the opportunity to warn that there could be traps in the November elections and described politics in Miami-Dade as a "nest of rats."
"Let's not be complacent, because in November they will do the same, because the politics in Miami-Dade is a nest of rats. I am not going to stop until I fumigate the nest of rats," he insisted.
Regarding the recent elections, Otaola reiterated that it "will have to be investigated."
"I do not believe I have to accept anything until I am convinced that the outcome is the outcome, and I have every right," he said, while asserting that he is not here to make friends, but to "speak the truth."
"With heads held high"
Previously, Otaola had appeared on social media on August 22 to explain to his followers how he felt after the election results and to clarify that there is still "nothing lost."
In a lengthy 50-minute video, he began by emphatically thanking his voters, donors, and those who believed it was possible to reach the Miami-Dade mayoralty. He said he was strong, "with his head held high," and that "an election is about winning or losing."
"In an election, anything can happen. What we are demanding right now is transparency. We want to see that we lost without any kind of impediment," he said in reference to his request for a vote recount.
On that occasion, he argued that the exit poll did not reflect the final result even remotely. He denied, on the other hand, that the Department of Elections had dismissed a recount.
On that occasion, he said he would be willing to acknowledge his defeat when all resources had been exhausted. He added that, although a recount would not make him mayor, there is no defeat because he has gained a statistic, as 33,000 people voted for a change and are currently in opposition.
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