Boca Raton mayor launches run for Congress, touting GOP as 'party of the middle class'
Boca Raton, Florida's Republican Mayor Scott Singer announced a run for Congress last week and spoke to Fox News Digital about his case to voters that Washington needs more local,...
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Boca Raton, Florida's Republican Mayor Scott Singer announced a run for Congress last week and spoke to Fox News Digital about his case to voters that Washington needs more local, common-sense leadership and fewer policies that he says have fueled inflation, weakened border security and slowed economic growth. Singer announced his run against Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz in Florida's 23rd Congressional District with a launch video referencing New York City's onerous taxes and referencing Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's "radical left policies" while contrasting the economic and tax landscape with Florida, where many New Yorkers have fled to in recent years. "I love public service," Singer told Fox News Digital. "It’s been the honor of my life to serve as mayor. We have an opportunity to keep America going in the right direction and reverse some of the policies from the past four years that led to porous borders, high taxes, higher inflation and have hurt our economy." Singer, who joins a race where several other Republicans have also declared, praised recent Republican-led efforts in Washington, including what he described as historic tax relief and policies aimed at boosting wages and lowering costs for working families. DESANTIS BLASTS NYC’S ‘BALLISTIC PODIATRY’ AFTER ZOHRAN MAMDANI WINS MAYOR’S RACE AND FLORIDA EXPECTS EXODUS "The Republican Party has become the party of the middle class," he said, pointing to proposals to eliminate taxes on overtime and tips, strengthen domestic manufacturing and bring jobs back to the U.S. "These are the things that are helping the middle class, higher wages, lower inflation and lower costs." The mayor drew a sharp contrast with today’s Democratic Party, arguing it has moved too far to the left to deliver practical solutions. "Unfortunately, the Democratic Party of today is not our parents’ Democratic Party," Singer said. "With an increasingly out-of-touch, far-left progressive party, it’s hard for common-sense solutions to com…