Trump isn't our savior from socialism, Florida Latinos. He's the 'caudillo' we fled

[mia]

Excellent opinion piece - wish I could post it all.

No president since 1924 has clinched an election without carrying Florida — and Latinos are one of the most powerful voting blocs in a swing state where elections are won by the thinnest of margins.

The trap door to reel us in has been set by the GOP: socialism....

In interviews and conversations with Cuban exiles, especially the Cuban journalists who fled Fidel Castro’s brand of communism. They worked both in Cuban news outlets and American outposts like news wire services, which Castro shut down or confiscated, and retooled to his purposes.

Weakening the media was a key step to consolidating absolute power....

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article245433285.html?fbclid=IwAR2krVMNMRLAV-w5gX3J3jpf5147Uw96w-uQFk4ZmR3VPx66ThxBB1cLkB4

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Trump a wanna-be caudillo? No kidding!

I was surprised and delighted to read that someone in the Biden campaign had the brains and mother-wit tO draw the line between Donald Trump and the long line of Latin American strongmen who took office, strangled democracy, then established an authoritarian police state..

The parallels between Donnie’s actions and those of Latin American strongmen are quite striking and ver alarming.

And it isn’t just Chavez and Castro. I would add guys like the Dominican Republic’s Trujillo, Cuba’s Batista, and Argentina’s Peronist dictators.

I’m not surprised that Florida’s Anglo-Americans Fail to see the linkages: Anglo Americans tend to be ignorant of our southern neighbors’ history..

But Florida’s Latinos lack that excuse.

[mia]

3. "No doubt that Trump would deal with Castro if it benefited him."

He already has.

Not only was it revealed recently that his Russia-connected campaign manager Paul Manafort traveled to Cuba to meet with one of the Castros’ sons, but Trump tried to build a golf course in Varadero and a Trump Tower in Havana in violation of the U.S. embargo.

No doubt that Trump would deal with Castro if it benefited him.

[ElementaryPenguin]

2. At last!!! The TRUTH!!

A great piece of journalism!!

[Vogon_Glory]

4. Dunno about great journalism, but

But the truth was out there lit up like those search lights big movie studios used to set up for blockbuster movie premieres.