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She’s had some scuffles in Florida politics.
Back in August 2018, Giorno was accused of being paid to endorse candidates for the Florida Senate and the Florida House. Giorno endorsed Florida Senate candidate Belinda Keiser in early summer of 2018. About two weeks later, Keiser paid Kingston Public Affairs $70,325 on July 16 for “political consulting,” according to the Florida Division of Elections.
Giorno’s Florida issues go back even further. Politico reported in 2016 that Giorno had resigned from Governor Rick Scott’s administration in 2011. She was his external affairs director. Why did she leave? Giorno said, “I enjoyed my time in Tallahassee but decided to leave to take advantage of a good professional opportunity.”
However, her resignation came soon after a Disney G.O.P. fundraiser that did not go the way she wanted. Giorno reportedly tried to rearrange seating at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa for the Palin family — Sarah Palin was the Republican Party of Florida’s keynote speaker for the Victory Dinner. Not only did she muddle with the seating charts the RPOF staff made, but she also was not allowed to do so. The dinner was a political function; as a state official in Governor Scott’s administration, Giorno was attempting to control beyond her reach.
“I do remember a hell of a lot of drama going on at the time,” a former party employee said of the debacle. “Staff was really fired up.”
Another former employee said, “[Giorno] yelled at RPOF staff and got into an altercation with some fundraising folks, then was summarily told to leave the room and not come back.”
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She is “no friend of Donald Trump.”
In September 2016, just two months before the election, Trump removed Giorno from her position as senior political advisor. She was replaced by Susie Wiles, in the hopes that Wiles would do more to get votes, as Trump and Clinton were neck and neck in the significant election state. Giorno was not bitter after she was ousted.
“Wiles is a winner,” Giorno said. “She knows how to win.” She told Politico that she has a “confrontational style,” while Wiles has “a cheerful disposition and a reputation of being a consensus-builder.”
Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, reportedly told Trump during his campaign, “If I were you, I would run as fast as you can away from that person.” Giorno is originally from New Jersey; Trump hired her out of the state in October 2015.
In Florida, Giorno worked closely with Alva Johnson, who joined the Florida campaign at the end of July after she helped contribute to Trump’s successes in other states. According to Johnson’s documents, Giorno was there in the RV with Johnson, Trump, and other supporters. As the alleged kiss happened, Bondi and Giorno were behind Johnson on the RV. According to the documents, “[as] Ms. Bondi walked off the RV [after the kiss], she glanced at Ms. Johnson and smiled. Ms. Giorno, walking behind Ms. Bondi, grabbed Ms. Johnson’s elbow and gave it an approving tug.”
She has not yet commented on the allegations, but according to accounts of people who have worked with Giorno in the past, her interests lie in herself and herself alone.
“She makes a lot of promises, but I don’t think she’s for Trump,” Kevin Sifferman, a volunteer for the Trump campaign in Florida, said. “I don’t think she’s for Florida. She’s only in it for herself.”
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