Days after an angry mob swarmed Donna Shalala‘s campaign office where Congresswoman and known Castro apologists Barbara Lee and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi , Democrats have invited another pro-Cuba legislator to stump for them in Miami-Dade.
Really? Are they really that dumb?
New York Congressman Adriano Espaillat, a big advocate of opening relations with Cuba who has invited pro-Cuba lobby and business groups to DC, will be at a Little Havana restaurant Saturday evening. He’s there to support Andrew Gillum for governor and every single other local Democrat on the ballot, including a couple of council candidates in Doral and Hollywood.
But why? ¿Que pinta Adriano Espaillat aqui? ¿Que pinta Barbara Lee aqui, for 
that matter? Lee, photographed here with Raul Castro, ended up cancelling her visit because she apparently figured out it was a bad idea. Pelosi was enough communist on her own, however, to keep the Cuban American ire. Why on Earth are Democrats bringing these wrong-on-Cuba legislators to stump for them in a county where Cuban Americans are still the largest or, and more importantly, consistent voting bloc?
Are they really that stupid?
Espaillat was invited by the Dominican American Democratic Club and Dominicans for Gillum and the contact for the event is none other than former State Rep. Daisy Baez, who was forced to resign after she was caught living outside her district and lying about it. Dems can’t do better than this?
The congressman is also scheduled to canvass with Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 
who is running against U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, on Sunday afternoon.
Boneheaded. Girl, you don’t need his baggage. Just like Shalala, who was already struggling with the Cuban vote in particular, didn’t need Pelosi.
Certainly these status-symbol, celebrity Democrats attract a crowd (read: donations) and are good ambassadors or surrogates in competitive contests around the country where Cuba is not an issue. But not here. You don’t have to be a genius to know that their Cuba baggage could hurt more than help.
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Ladra thinks someone was or should have been fired from Shalala’s campaign after they invited Lee. I mean, what were they thinking?
This is not to excuse the behavior of those Cuban American protesters who banged on the door and acted like thugs at the Shalala event Thursday. Ladra and her family were embarrassed to see their behavior and hear their language at what could have and should have been a perfectly legitimate demonstration of disgust.
Hopefully, Cuban Americans will keep it a little cleaner and more polite at the eventual protest at the Espaillat event Saturday night.
And hopefully local Democrats — who have done enough with their lack of support of local state candidates who could actually win with their help — will stop inviting these Castro apologists to come into our hen house. Especially if they want to win a couple of seats this year.
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