Isnt there still a bunch of Cuban expatriots (or their descendants) in Florida who oppose normalizing relations with Cuba cause their grandparents lost their feudal lordship when the Castro regime took over?
Absolutely, and the Republicans have OWNED their vote since the Bay of Pigs. They totally blamed JFK (rightfully) and the Dems ever since. That’s why they’ve always been so loyal to each other.
The problem was that Republicans always figured that all Hispanics were the same, so if the Cubans were in their side, so were the Puerto Ricans, Central Americans, South Americans, etc. As more and more people from those regions became citizens and started voting, it became apparent they weren’t the supporters that they were assumed to be. There seems to be some MAGA support, but it isn’t solid, and it isn’t certain. That’s why they threw the Hispanics to the ICE Wolves.
I suspect it is also why Trump is sabre-rattling about Cuba. Cubans may have started to worry that they’ll start getting targeted (I haven’t heard of Cuban deportations), so Trump is soothing their very loyal MAGA fears that they shouldn’t worry, he’s not going to deport them, he’s going to LIBERATE CUBA!
Isnt there still a bunch of Cuban expatriots (or their descendants) in Florida who oppose normalizing relations with Cuba cause their grandparents lost their feudal lordship when the Castro regime took over?
Absolutely, and the Republicans have OWNED their vote since the Bay of Pigs. They totally blamed JFK (rightfully) and the Dems ever since. That’s why they’ve always been so loyal to each other.
The problem was that Republicans always figured that all Hispanics were the same, so if the Cubans were in their side, so were the Puerto Ricans, Central Americans, South Americans, etc. As more and more people from those regions became citizens and started voting, it became apparent they weren’t the supporters that they were assumed to be. There seems to be some MAGA support, but it isn’t solid, and it isn’t certain. That’s why they threw the Hispanics to the ICE Wolves.
I suspect it is also why Trump is sabre-rattling about Cuba. Cubans may have started to worry that they’ll start getting targeted (I haven’t heard of Cuban deportations), so Trump is soothing their very loyal MAGA fears that they shouldn’t worry, he’s not going to deport them, he’s going to LIBERATE CUBA!
Then he’ll deport them.