Will Florida candidate for Governor be harmed by his free tickets to Broadway show?

Monica Showalter:
The life of a big-city Democratic pol in a one-party blue city is always pretty seedy, and sure enough, we have a news story showing that the far-left Democratic frontrunner for Florida's governor's office, former Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, was pretty much of that ilk.

According to the Daily Caller:
An undercover FBI agent gave Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum tickets to a Broadway show, the Tampa Bay Times reported Tuesday, despite claims by his campaign that he received them from his brother.

Records of text messages between Gillum, who's currently Tallahassee's mayor, and former lobbyist Adam Corey were given to the Florida Commission on Ethics amid an investigation into trips Gillum took to Costa Rica and New York in 2016.
And according to the New York Times:
But records made public on Tuesday suggest that Mr. Gillum knowingly accepted a ticket to the Broadway show "Hamilton" from men he believed to be businessmen looking to develop property in Tallahassee – but who were actually undercover F.B.I. agents. The records also suggest that a lobbyist friend provided Mr. Gillum and his brother with a hotel room in New York – and possibly paid for much of a vacation the mayor shared in Costa Rica.

Mr. Gillum never reported any of the perks as gifts, as required by law for elected officials in Florida.
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Gillum, who is black, plays the racism card in his defense.  I find that as repugnant as his lawbreaking.  I think he will probably get a pass for the corruption.

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