MIAMI — Lin-Manuel Miranda stood in a Coral Gables courtyard. The walls behind him read “Censorship leaves us in the dark,” with a list of banned books printed in black paint.
“You may be wondering, why is Lin-Manuel Miranda in front of a bookstore in Florida on a Thursday?” he quipped, his tone shifting seconds later. “Well, the reality is what happens in Florida affects the rest of the United States.”
On Thursday morning, Books & Books hosted a Latino Victory voting rally featuring Miranda, the songwriter, actor, producer and director best known for the Broadway musicals “Hamilton” and “In the Heights.” At the event, he endorsed several local and state candidates, including state Sen. Annette Taddeo, who is running against U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, and Karla Hernandez Mats, who is running for lieutenant governor alongside gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist.
