they make the jump that the left = communism and that they’ve already lived
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raltoid@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAlmost 60% of Cuban-Americans voted for Trump, the second time…
Gonzako@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Have they seen how far right our left is?
I would vote for communism or most socialism either, but our left really has to move back to the left
Gonzako@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
they do not care. these are convictions set by scars making them easily swayed to alt-right talking points
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Castro is still winning…
CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Do we know why? I have a friend who is Cuban and voted for Trump, but my reason for him is lack of education. What about everyone else?
RBWells@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I grew up with the kids of the original set of Cuban refugees and thought it was because they were the rich people fleeing Castro. So they were already aligned with the right here,they like the idea of being on the upper side of a class divide.
The newer ones may just be anti -abortion, there are a lot of those “single issue voters” everywhere not just here.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is amazing how the single issue voters choose the party that blatantly lies about their single issue.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Additionally there are a lot of people who choose to remain ignorant about Batista. A communist revolution overthrowing an objectively brutal regime really gets the right wingers on the defensive.
Carmakazi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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Because this image is burned into their minds whenever they think of Democrats. This happened under Clinton.
omega_x3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This, Janet Reno did more to help the Republicans than any actual Republican.
klemptor@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
He was from Cuba, his father was in Cuba, his uncle was in the USA and wanted to keep him here. He needed to be returned to his father but it should’ve been via negotiation. The raid was not the way to go. IIRC Janet Reno just got impatient with diplomacy?