Posted on 06/27/2019 9:07:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The eyes of the world are on this airport, the eyes of the world are on Miami-Dade,” de Blasio told the workers, before ending with, “Hasta la victoria, siempre.”
The phrase translates to “Ever on to victory!” and was a mantra for Guevara, one of Fidel Castro’s top lieutenants.
That did not sit well in Miami, a hub for anti-Castro Cuban exiles.
Local politicians, including Florida state Sen. Jose Javier Rodríguez, called on Hizzoner to apologize.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio also ripped de Blasio for the bone headed choice of phrase.
“I did not know the phrase I used in Miami today was associated with Che Guevara & I did not mean to offend anyone who heard it that way,” he tweeted.
“I certainly apologize for not understanding that history. I only meant it as a literal message to the striking airport workers that I believed they would be victorious in their strike.”
De Blasio, who honeymooned in Havana and traveled to Nicaragua in 1988 to support the Sandinistas, also appeared on CNN where he claimed ignorance.
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True. But isn’t he best known as one of Castro’s revolutionaries?
Wilhelmina De Commie-O has no need to “claim” his ignorance. Res ipsa loquitur.
That’s PDJT 45, 46, et seq.
He says he didn’t know it was Che. Maybe. If so, it means he heard it from one of the commie revolutionaries he hangs with. Either way, spouting commie revolutionary slogans out to victims of communism isn’t going to be smoothed over with a fake apology.
How could NYC elect such a DrBozio?
Adios cabron!(’’Good bye son of a bitch’’)
Just because their skin is darker, doesn’t mean they’re marxist morons.
“That’s PDJT 45, 46, et seq.”
“et seq.”. I like it!! FDR had four terms; why not DJT?
Give liberals enough power and they’ll all quote Che, “Listo, apunta, fuego!”
It won’t stick.
If Hillary didn’t get tagged with her “venceremos” connections (and she was an actual candidate, unlike Warren Wilhelm), it wont even leave a scratch.
Did you get that? The problem wasn’t that he quoted the monster Che, it’s that you HEARD it that way.
This does not sound like a groundswell of grass roots support. /humor
He won by default— super low turnout— apathy
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