TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The most hardcore among Florida's Republican faithful are meeting this weekend for the first time since Donald Trump became the party's presumptive presidential nominee and the reaction is largely like this: Well, he's not Hillary Clinton.
Trump carried Florida's March winner-take-all GOP primary by an overwhelming margin. In November, Florida's 29 electoral votes will be even more important. It's the largest swing state, and his task now is to get the Republican elite who opposed him to support him now.
There is lingering bitterness among activists who supported former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio. Trump insulted both in the primary, calling Rubio "Little Marco" and saying Bush was an embarrassment to his family. Activists say, though, say they will support Trump as the better option to Clinton.
