White House hangs up on Rick Scott as senator calls about tortured Cuban human rights activist
Scott wrote, ‘This isn’t just weakness, it’s shameful cowardice’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-hangs-up-rick-scott-tortured-cuban-activist
Excerpt:
The White House hung up on Sen. Rick Scott when the Republican from Florida called asking to speak to President Biden about a Cuban human rights activist currently being tortured by the Communist regime.
Scott tweeted about his hang-up by the Biden administration, blasting the White House for their “shameful cowardice” in not connecting the U.S. senator with the president on the human rights issue.
“The [White House] just hung up on me when I called to talk to someone about the horrific torture & abuse [José Daniel Ferrer] is experiencing as a prisoner of the illegitimate communist Cuban regime,” Scott tweeted on Wednesday.
“This isn’t just weakness, it’s shameful cowardice,” the Florida senator continued. “I won’t tolerate it. #SOSCuba”
José Daniel Ferrer is a human rights activist and the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), one of the island nation’s most prominent opposition groups against the Communist Cuban regime.
....The spokesperson told Fox News that the senator’s initial call was met with a voicemail request, and his most recent call ended in a one-way disconnection.
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Actions like this by Scott are great, but I still have concerns about him due to his supporting China Mitch. Scott is self made and not at the mercy of his donor class yet he also has a shady history. When he was CEO of HCA the company paid a $1.7 billion fine for Medicare fraud, so he has the pedigree of a DS politician also. Most corporate CEOs do. So I wonder if he is doing this to strengthen support from Florida’s Cuban community, even though he isn’t up for re-election.
Regardless the actions by the “White House” show they do not give a damn about freedom and are friends of Castro just like the Kenyan. Their day of reckoning is coming and when it does revenge is a dessert best serve from the gallows.
It’s California but Blue Cross Blue Shield still going forward with requiring employees to get the shot despite court rulings. Here’s a copy of an internal letter:
Blue Cross Doubles Down
https://voxday.net/2021/12/16/mailvox-blue-cross-doubles-down/
Excerpt:
I’ve attached an internal email I received from the president/CEO of Blue Cross, stating they are still requiring employees to get the clot shot regardless of the mandate being halted. He states in the last paragraph the vaccines are “safe, effective, and FDA-approved.” I don’t know if this deceit is from sheer ignorance or pure malevolence. In the end, it doesn’t matter, the threat is still the same. To tell people the shots are FDA approved, knowing full well they are not, and to threaten them over it, has me enraged.
They denied a religious exemption. When I inquired about it, I received a form letter saying I didn’t match their criteria and there are no appeals. They ignored follow-up emails. I tried filing a complaint with EEOC, but they need an inquiry review first, and the earliest date was in Feb., a month after the termination date. I’ve tried filling an inquiry with the California chapter of Children’s Health Defense and have gotten no response.
The only thing I can think to do is attempt to shine a light on this evil. Maybe it can inspire others to stand up, and push back, file civil lawsuits against the man since he’s the one responsible for violating federal law.
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