Posted on 02/24/2020 3:22:42 PM PST by karpov
MIAMI — Bernie Sanders says he’s the Democrat best-equipped to defeat Donald Trump in November.
But Florida Democrats insist he‘s the worst-equipped after Sanders’s refusal Sunday night to thoroughly condemn the Cuban Revolution. His comments on 60 Minutes sent shockwaves through the nation’s biggest battleground state, where Democratic members of Congress, state legislators and party leaders warned that his nomination — and Sanders’s self-described “Democratic socialism” — will cost them the biggest battleground state of them all.
“Donald Trump wins Florida if Bernie is our nominee,” said state Rep. Javier Fernandez, a Democratic candidate in a majority-Hispanic state Senate district.
“If Bernie Sanders is atop the ticket, it’s going to make it tougher for all of us to win in Florida,” said Fernandez, who has endorsed Sanders’s rival, Joe Biden. “No one really sees Sanders winning Florida and I don’t think his campaign does either.”
As a state with an influential cross-section of Latinos whose families fled leftist Latin American regimes and violence, Sanders embrace of far-left leaders and his past refusals to wholeheartedly condemn Latin American strongmen and the Soviet Union have long been seen as fatal flaws.
Sanders on Sunday did nothing to allay those concerns in a 60 Minutes interview where he was asked about his 1985 comments stating that the Cuban people didn’t “rise up in rebellion against Fidel Castro” because “he educated their kids, gave their kids health care, totally transformed society.”
There was no mention of the firing squads, political purges and mass arrests that accompanied the 1959 revolution.
"We're very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba but you know, it's unfair to simply say everything is bad. You know?" Sanders said Sunday when asked about the remarks. "When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did?
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GO BERNIE!
Came into office???
Do not theybundestand that every Democrat on thendebate stage feels exactly the same way does Bernie about Castro?
I love how the liberal media are pissing their pants over Bernie being the front runner. Politico, CNN and others are really blasting away here.
If this is the case, any RAT candidate should be painted as a socialist and in love with Castro’s legacy, because it is true.
The commercials practically write themselves here in Florida...
Just keep showing Bernie praising Castro and Hugo Chavez over and over again in South Florida.
Then keep repeating to every retiree in Florida who is on Medicare and a private Medicare supplemental insurance plan how Bernie’s Medicare for All plan eliminates all private healthcare, so everything Democrats have accused Republicans of trying to do, their nominee is actually going to do....
It will be over in Florida by 9pm on election night
Came into office???
Sure. Right after Batista stepped down. lol
Anyone know what the current generation thinks of Cuba that their ancestors fled? Are they for Bernie
Where were these Democrats when Janet Reno sent armed men to kidnap Elian and send him to Cuba? Did they stand up to the Clintons?
Crickets....
I can easily see crazy Bernie picking that idiot Gillum as his VP.
Trump is going to have the Senate and the House next year.
Feel the Bern, before the burn fells you.
All Democrats loved Castro.
It is AMAZING that these ASSHATS that have been indoctrinating the kids of this country for decades, the media PUSHING leftist policies for decades, NOW are just STUNNED that someone like Bernie could possibly get the nomination of their party, these people are INSANE!!! LMAO what the hell did you guys expect for crying out loud!!!
Partisan Media Shills update.
Hate to break it to them but Trump wins Florida is almost any scenario.
Obviously some might go for Sanders, but Cubans and Venezuelans are primarily conservative with a close knit catholic family....
So not just Castro, but abortion is a no go for them...what makes Florida tough for Republicans is all the NY’ers who move to Florida and bring their crazy liberal politics with them....
Think Debbie Wasserman Schultz many times over....
The other strong thing going for Trump is our Governor..
Ron DeSantis would not be Governor with Trump getting behind him and his popularity since taking office is over 60%....
Feigned outrage. The ONLY reason they are screaming is they are hoping this will take Bernie out and the only reason they want Bernie out is they think he can’t win. The truth is they have no problem with what he said.
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