Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins credits her historic win this week to a confluence of factors, from various affordability issues to City Hall dysfunction.

She also believes Donald Trump inadvertently gave her a boost.

In an appearance on “ Morning Joe ” two days after winning the Miami Mayor’s race by nearly 20 points over a Trump-endorsed opponent, Higgins said fear of the President’s hard-line anti-immigration policies “influenced a lot of people’s vote.”

“There’s this politics of trickle-down hatred, where our immigrant population is not only insulted but also really afraid of the federal government,” she said, using a play on the Reagan-era “trickle-down economics” phrase.

Higgins said she has heard worries from residents across the city that they, their relatives or f

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