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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 11:48 AM Dec 2022

I 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

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I really like Jose Diaz-Balart on MSNBC. (Original Post) milestogo Dec 2022 OP
I agree. I have him on now. Deuxcents Dec 2022 #1
I completely agree. He is straight forward, Polly Hennessey Dec 2022 #2
He also does the weekend evening broadcasts on NBC. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #4
Such a breath of fresh air after Blowhard Joe milestogo Dec 2022 #5
Too bad his asshole brother, Mario (FL-25th), isn't the same. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #3
He does give us the perspective we needed. Baitball Blogger Dec 2022 #6
His brother is my congressman snowybirdie Dec 2022 #7
I did not know this about his brother. Night n day personalities Deuxcents Dec 2022 #8
I find him one note. SharonClark Dec 2022 #9

Polly Hennessey

(6,827 posts)
2. I completely agree. He is straight forward,
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 11:55 AM
Dec 2022

intelligent, and seems genuinely kind. The only MSNBC morning show I watch all the way through.

GoCubsGo

(32,116 posts)
4. He also does the weekend evening broadcasts on NBC.
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 12:01 PM
Dec 2022

I appreciate that he thanks his audience for our time.

GoCubsGo

(32,116 posts)
3. Too bad his asshole brother, Mario (FL-25th), isn't the same.
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 11:57 AM
Dec 2022

Got to carry the GOP party line, I guess.

Baitball Blogger

(46,820 posts)
6. He does give us the perspective we needed.
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 12:04 PM
Dec 2022

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)
7. His brother is my congressman
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 12:42 PM
Dec 2022

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.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
9. I find him one note.
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 01:25 PM
Dec 2022

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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