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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI really like Jose Diaz-Balart on MSNBC.
He provides intelligent, compassionate reporting on immigration. And he's good at everything else too.
Edited to add Interesting bio on Wikipedia:
Diaz-Balart's family left Cuba in 1959, and he was raised in Madrid, Spain.[3] He is the son of Rafael Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez (a former Cuban politician) and Hilda Caballero Brunet. He has three brothers: Rafael Díaz-Balart (a banker), Mario Díaz-Balart (a U.S. representative) and attorney Lincoln Díaz-Balart (a former U.S. representative). His uncle, Waldo Diaz-Balart is an internationally recognized painter. His aunt, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was Fidel Castro's first wife and therefore Fidel Castro is his uncle through marriage, and the late Fidel Castro Jr. (Fidelito) was his first cousin.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_D%C3%ADaz-Balart
Deuxcents
(16,501 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,827 posts)intelligent, and seems genuinely kind. The only MSNBC morning show I watch all the way through.
GoCubsGo
(32,116 posts)I appreciate that he thanks his audience for our time.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,116 posts)Got to carry the GOP party line, I guess.
Baitball Blogger
(46,820 posts)But, seriously, as a Democratic Floridian, I would really love to have him interview the Cubans in South Miami that sold us out to De Santis and ask them what their position is on immigration now that there is a good number of Cubans coming across the border.
No special treatment for them because they're coming from Cuba.
snowybirdie
(5,258 posts)He's a right wing Republican legislator who voted to decertify Biden's election on January 6th, 2021. That has colored my opinion of the family. Typical right wing Cuban-Americans in South Florida.
Deuxcents
(16,501 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)His usual topic is INFLATION! GAS PRICES! BIDEN IS DOING NOTHING!
Today it's IMMIGRANTS! BORDER CROSSINGS! BIDEN IS DOING NOTHING!
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