2024 Presidential candidate profile: Francis Suarez

(9 Aug 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington – 23 June 2023 1. Mayor Suarez speaking at the Faith and Freedom conference ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 21 June 2023 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press: “I am Adriana Gomez Licon and I’m one of the national politics reporter for the Associated Press. We’re here in Miami, Florida. ASSOCIATED PRESS Simi Valley, California – 15 June 2023 3. STILL of Mayor Suarez speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library 4. STILL of Mayor Suarez at Reagan Library ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 21 June 2023 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press: “Miami Mayor Francis Suarez recently announced he’s launching his campaign to become the Republican nominee for the White House. He is 45 years old. He has a wife, two kids, and he is the second time he’s been mayor of Miami.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 6 November 1985 6. STILL of then Miami mayoral candidate Xavier Suarez, father of Francis Suarez ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 12 November 1985 7. STILL of then Miami Mayor-elect Xavier Suarez hugging wide Rita ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 21 June 2023 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press: “Suarez is a real estate attorney and corporate attorney. He used to be one of the city commissioners before he was elected mayor. His father is the first Cuban born mayor of Miami. So he says he has this political background. When he was two years old, he was out campaigning with his father, saying, please vote for my father in Spanish.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Simi Valley, California – 15 June 2023 9. STILL various of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez at Reagan Library ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 21 June 2023 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press: “The day Suarez announced his campaign, he also gave a speech at the Reagan Library. And his biggest message is he wants to unify the country. He does not like divisions anymore. He feels that he is the alternative to that toxic environment that exists right now in politics.” ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Miami, Florida – 12 July 2021 12. Various of Mayor Suarez at a press conference ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 21 June 2023 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press: “So Suarez has definitely sought to set himself apart from other candidates. But being more of a centrist, being more moderate in terms of abortion, for example, he says that he would only support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks, not six weeks, as other candidates have mentioned. He also talks about an immigration reform, which is something that most other Republican candidates don’t even want to touch, especially if it comes to legalizing those who are in the country illegally.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington – 23 June 2023 15. Mayor Suarez speaking at the Faith and Freedom conference ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 21 June 2023 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press: “He says that being the only Hispanic candidate in the race gives him credibility to deal with immigration and border security issues. He says there needs to be a national solution to immigration, as well as more security along the US-Mexico border.” ASSOCIATED PRES Washington – 20 January 2023 17. STILL various of Mayor Suarez speaking with President Biden at the White House ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 21 June 2023 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press: ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami, Florida – 12 June 2023 ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: