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Zorro

(16,113 posts) Fri Sep 13, 2024, 09:19 AM Sep 13

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Trump's Haitian immigrant comments create a storm in Florida [View all]

When a group of 50 Democrats of Caribbean descent gathered to watch the presidential debate in a South Florida suburb this week, the room filled with stunned laughs as former President Trump repeated a baseless rumor that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were stealing dogs and cats so they could eat them.

“How can this person be a candidate to be president?” asked Guithele Ruiz-Nicolas, past president of Haitian American Democratic Club of Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale.

The laughs quickly turned to anger, said Ruiz-Nicolas, who came to the United States with her parents as a child in the 1960s, and has seen new and shocking levels of bigotry directed at her people, who she said were long welcomed with open arms.

“Our best revenge is to go out and get the votes out,” said Ruiz-Nicolas, adding that Trump’s comments have fueled new efforts to achieve that goal.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-09-13/2024-election-trump-haitian-comments-florida

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Trump's Haitian immigrant comments create a storm in Florida [View all] Zorro Sep 13 OP

Doesn't Florida have a nice population of Haitians? Botany Sep 13 #1

Yes over 2%, by far the most of any State Tribetime Sep 13 #3

A blue Florida? Botany Sep 13 #6

I worked with quite a few Haitian Americans in SOFL, first and second gen obamanut2012 Sep 13 #19

They only way he could have done worse would have been to promise repatriation of all Cuban immigrants ... marble falls Sep 13 #2

A lot of Haitian emigres I've met are conservative. haele Sep 13 #4

The pet eating garbage should change that. Wiz Imp Sep 13 #12

I don't know about that, but it might make them less likely to pencil in that circle next to TFG's name, which is good Coexist Sep 13 #23

This is a true voting bloc GusBob Sep 13 #5

Certainly unintended consequences for repugs rockbluff botanist Sep 13 #7

Even Naturalized US Citizens should vote Democrat as well. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 13 #8

I'm naturalized and a person with disabilities ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 13 #15

Love your sister. But pity her ignorance at the same time. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 13 #18

I do, but relationships are two way streets ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 13 #21

Hugs to you. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 13 #22

Make Florida Blue Again IronLionZion Sep 13 #9

There are 500,000 Hatians in Florida. Nt Quixote1818 Sep 13 #10

Should half of them vote for Kamala, Florida could flip. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 13 #11

"Our best revenge is to go out and get the votes out," BumRushDaShow Sep 13 #13

The only contact that stupid fucking asshole has ever had with a Haitian Warpy Sep 13 #14

Finally! People are questioning how TSF could be a candidate for president. ffr Sep 13 #16

concern poozwah Sep 13 #17

It's like he's obsessed... 2naSalit Sep 13 #20