Biden's desperate attempt to defend his Cuban policies

 Washington Examiner:

The Democratic National Committee is serving Cuban Americans with ads on Facebook and Instagram with President Joe Biden's message condemning the Cuban government’s “failed” communist system.

The advertising blitz is part of a larger Democratic bid to reverse the perception that Biden is soft on Havana and shore up a critical voting bloc that will determine whether Florida remains competitive in future elections.

Announcing the campaign, DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison said the group “is committed to using our resources to speak directly to the Cuban community in South Florida to make sure they know that President Biden and Democrats have their back.”

HOW BIDEN'S CUBA HANDLING WEIGHS ON BATTLEGROUND FLORIDA

He added, “President Biden has been incredibly clear: The Cuban people are crying out for freedom, and the United States will continue to stand with them and hold Cuban officials accountable for their abuse of basic human rights.”

On Monday, a Democratic non-profit advocacy group, Building Back Together, revealed a nearly six-figure digital and radio ad spent denouncing the Cuban regime in south and central Florida.

Backed by Biden advisers, the group has said it won’t limit donations or disclose the identities of its donors, operating as a so-called “dark money” group.

Biden’s political opponents have made note.

“The Cuba issue shows just how ineffective the Biden administration is at solving very real problems with solutions that put power in the hands of the people,” said Helen Aguirre Ferre, executive director of the Florida Republican Party.

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For weeks, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has called on Biden to prioritize free satellite internet access for the Cuban people. Government-controlled systems were shut down as protests swept the island earlier this month, limiting access to information and halting digital communications. His office pressed the issue during a meeting with Biden officials.

“As a follow-up to that meeting we had with the White House, we spoke to the companies that can do this,” Rubio told Fox News.

Ferre, speaking to the Washington Examiner on Monday, chided the White House’s apparent lack of resolve.

“The inability of the Biden administration to allow Florida companies or U.S. companies to be able to provide internet service to the people of Cuba is astounding,” she said. “What the Cuban people are asking for is liberty, is freedom, and they need our support.”

Ferre continued: “We know what's happening on the island. Number one, you can't negotiate with the regime. And number two, you have to empower the Cuban people with the resources to be able to let the outside world know what's happening on the inside of the island.”

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Biden seems to be spending more on trying to convince the Cubans in Florida than he is trying to help the Cubans in Cuba.  When he sent his Secretary of State out to say that Cubans would not be allowed to come to the US at the same time he opened the borders to people not under a communist tyranny he said it all.  The US should be finding ways to support the general uprising in Cuba.

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