The real issues: How can the Trump campaign have a Miami office if it doesn't have a Miami office?

The answer lies within a 39-year-old Bernie supporter with a mailing address and a conservative online alter-ego

Published September 7, 2016 6:15PM (EDT)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with members of the press, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, aboard his campaign plane, while flying over Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with members of the press, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, aboard his campaign plane, while flying over Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

If GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign doesn't have an office in Miami, why is there a Donald Trump for President Dade County Office? And what gets wetter as it dries?

The Miami Herald solved the riddle on Tuesday, revealing the Facebook page's admin, Mark Bernstein, made the parody page as an accessory to a Trump-themed New Year's party.

"I didn’t think it would ever last this long," Bernstein, 39, told The Herald. "But in the void left by him not actually having any infrastructure, it’s been listed on Google Maps!" It's true.

Bernstein, a Democrat who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primary and plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, said he'll maintain the page's conservative façade until Trump's people realize what's up.

"The day his lawyer sends me a threatening letter," Bernstein said, "is the day I frame it and put it in my office as the crowning achievement of my life."

Read the full story here.


By Brendan Gauthier

Brendan Gauthier is a freelance writer.

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