'We're Not Gonna Be Manipulated.' Cracks Form In Trump's Cuban-American Base.

[appalachiablue]

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Source: Miami Herald

By David Smiley.

From the passenger seat of a Mercedes-Benz idling in the heart of America's Cuban exile community, George Marrero explained Saturday why he would not vote again for President Donald Trump.

"This country has been abused for the last four years," the retired Coral Gables police officer said while waiting for the start of a Cubanos con Biden caravan in the majority-Cuban city of Hialeah. "[Democratic presidential nominee] Joe Biden is going to bring back -- like he's said -- the soul of America. It's been lost."

Amid evidence that Trump has significantly expanded his support among Miami-Dade's traditionally conservative Cuban exile community, a counter-movement is afoot to show that there are thousands of Cuban-Americans in Florida who believe the president does not have their best interests at heart.

Prominent exiles like former Republican Party of Florida chairman Al Cardenas have criticized Trump's authoritarian streak. Last week, Luis Santeiro, the Cuban-American head writer of the ground-breaking 1970s Spanglish TV sitcom "¿Que Pasa, USA?" warned in a Miami Herald opinion piece that "when we label someone we disagree with a communist, a fidelista or a reactionary, we only echo the intransigence of the regime we fled."... More & Video.

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article245830755.html

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[Skittles]

2. um.....you were already manipulated

yes

[appalachiablue]

3. Welcome aboard, Florida Cubanos

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. I honestly have never quite understood why

Cubans in Florida are such Republicans.

[onetexan]

6. 60% Cubans in Cuba are Catholic, and Catholics typically are conservative. They're also hung up on

the abortion issue.

[rpannier]

9. Their conservatism has very little to do with religion

It's about Castro.
The Republikkans became the anti-Castro party in the 60's

[onetexan]

11. not necessarily. Many conservatives are heavily influenced by their religion.

Cuban Americans brought their Catholic faith with them when they resettled in the US. The same goes for many other ethnic groups. There is a high percentage of Vietnamese Americans, for example, who are Roman Catholic and the older generations tend to lean Republican for that reason.

[appalachiablue]

7. Since Ike, the Red Scare, Nixon and Cuban banker,

businessman Bebe Rebozo, the GOP has souight to cultivate support from Cubans and Latin Americans. Issues include anti communism, social and political conservatism, pro free- enterprise business, appointment of Cuban/Latin Americans as U.S. Treasurers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebe_Rebozo

Russian tankers/ships off the South Florida coast, I've seen a couple.

[JI7]

10. Mostly because of Castro

[stillcool]

5. always nice to see..

awareness in sea of poppy-cock.

[iluvtennis]

8. K&R. nt

[applegrove]

12. After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING

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