Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday bluntly described the Cuban regime as the “centerpiece of any malign actor who wants to be involved in the Western Hemisphere against American interests” and took issue with an official of the Biden administration who asserted that the protests were triggered by a vaccine shortage and others who stated the protests were about a lack of groceries.
Speaking at a highly charged roundtable where people who have fled the repressive Cuban government along with other Cuban expatriates spoke about the massive protests against the communist regime in Cuba, DeSantis said, “If you go into it thinking they’re upset about a vaccine shortage or they’re upset that there’s not enough groceries in the store, but they just want the regime to change a few things around and kind of rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic, if that’s what you think, then you clearly have no hope of getting a favorable outcome.”
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