2024-04-12 11:16:18
Photo: Facebook outlet
Text: Darcy Borrero
Facebook user Cynthia Pérez, who identifies herself as a supporter of Democrats in the United States, shared this Monday, November 10, an image of the celebrations in Miami after renowned media outlets announced Joe Biden as the projected winner of the 2020 presidential elections. .
In the image you can see a young man dressed in a blue and white shirt with the number 10, holding up a sign that reads in English: “Deport Cuban Republicans”, that is, “Deport Cuban Republicans” if translated into English. Spanish.
As a result of the image, those who support the Republican candidate Donald Trump, the 45th president of the northern nation, questioned the radical way of exposing this message, which they considered “hateful.”
Cynthia Pérez, for her part, who claims to have been at the place (the Freedom Tower in Miami) spoke out on Facebook against what was written on the poster.
“I was there, I personally saw it…The idea of meeting at the Freedom Tower was spearheaded by the leadership of Cubans With Biden and spread quickly through social networks and local news networks,” he said and immediately afterwards explained that it is absolutely uncontrollable “what people bring to events.”
However, he clarified: “we can absolutely practice accountability. “One of the founders of Cubanos Con Biden personally approached this person and kindly asked him to keep the sign, explaining that this message is not representative of our group.”
It states that the young man “then became defensive and walked away” and makes it clear that “the person with this sign is not affiliated with our movement.”
Pérez emphasized: “we do not approve or support this type of messages.” Likewise, he declared that no one in the Cubans With Biden group will remain silent about “disinformation, inflammatory comments or manipulated narratives.”
The Master in Criminal Justice (Arizona State University) also refers to the fact that this photo has been published and shared by Marco Rubio and his followers, as well as has been presented through local news networks.
In a context marked by polarization a week before the federal elections began, Miami continues to be the epicenter of divisions.
While in Washington they ignore the presidential transition protocols through the consensual means of conversation, the alleged electoral fraud is being debated.
Four days after the elections and after a trickle of scrutiny, the victories in Pennsylvania and Nevada gave Democrat Joe Biden victory over Donald Trump. But, in addition to not accepting his defeat, on Tuesday, November 10, Trump carried out before the Court a last attempt to demolish the ‘Obamacare’ health program, which could cancel the health insurance of millions of people in the midst of the pandemic.
United States Attorney General William Barr authorized an investigation into Donald Trump’s allegations of electoral fraud. Barr told federal prosecutors to investigate “substantial” allegations of voting irregularities, but not to pursue “fanciful or implausible claims.”
Following this authorization, the director of electoral crimes at the United States Department of Justice, Richard Pilger, resigned. On Monday, the president also obtained the political support of the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who said that the president has his complete right to challenge the result that has given Joe Biden the winner.
At the base, the voters are no less opposed than the presidential candidates. Alex Otaola’s program, one of the most influential for the Cuban community, has also appealed to the counterdiscourse that Democrats call Democrats radical and extremist, but, the Trump follower asks: what about them?
On the other hand, although the 45th tenant of the White House won Florida’s 29 electoral votes, the map shows a Miami Dade that voted, mostly, blue.
Cynthia Pérez insists that #CubanosConBiden will continue to actively denounce the type of extremist rhetoric because they promote unity instead of division: #UnitedNotDivided is one of the labels they use in the statement.
Below this, many users left their comments. Jorge Bonet wrote: “Although I don’t agree with the sign and understand how it is being used against the cause, it is a sticky issue trying to control what kind of signs people are holding up on a public street.”
The person identified as Paola Luchsinger noted that ironically, the person holding that sign is wearing an Argentine shirt: “so I assume he is also Hispanic. We have to stop the division within our community,” she warned. To which Sebas Elizondo added: “Will he be Argentine? “They don’t know a damn thing about politics, they are more confused than the Trumpists.”
Others leaned toward gratitude for Pérez’s clarification, not without joking that the creators of the “red list” would be “now playing the role of the victim.” This was what Rodolfo Davalos pointed out and specified: “for me, it is an obvious joke. Calm down people. No one will deport anyone (let alone put children in cages and separate them from their families). The hate is gone. Evil has lost”…