Activists in Cuba blackout is comedy: Joe Concha
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An article by Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticizes Democratic activists and online influencers who visited Cuba during the island’s ongoing blackouts. It highlights Hasan Piker and Isra Hirsi staying at five-star hotels and flying in on a chartered jet, portraying the trip as a tone-deaf display of privilege and mocking the idea that “limousine liberals” are now endorsing what thay see as moral superiority by visiting an “oppressed” country.Concha discusses the visits on Fox Business’s Varney & Co., calling the spectacle “the best unintentional comedy,” and argues the trip underscores hypocrisy in the broader debate over U.S.-Cuba policy. The piece also references Cuban officials warning of potential U.S. invasion and Cuban president diaz-canel’s comments about talks with the Trump administration,alongside Trump’s own statements about taking Cuba in some form. it frames the trips as a cynical, privileged show rather than a meaningful or relatable gesture for Cubans enduring power outages.
Activists staying in luxury hotels amid Cuba blackouts is ‘best’ comedy: Joe Concha
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha laughed off the “tone deaf” visits that various Democratic activists are taking to Cuba as the nation is experiencing blackouts.
Various online influencers, including Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) daughter, Isra Hirsi, traveled to the island as it recently endured its third blackout this month, where, according to the New York Post, they stayed at five-star hotels. Concha noted they also flew in a chartered jet and joked “limousine liberals” are now replaced by people flying chartered jets to “oppressed” countries and telling their residents “how great they actually have it.”
“This is about the best unintentional comedy out there,” Concha said on Fox Business’ Varney & Co. “Talk about tone deaf! This is just incredible when the lights aren’t even on in much of Cuba, and these people are going down there to make a big show of how great they are as human beings.
“Free Cuba. I’m sure many Cubans in Florida would agree with that, and not this laughable display of those who have a lot of money and have a lot of time on their hands apparently to make themselves look like they’re on some sort of higher moral pedestal all in the name of bashing Trump and, I guess, propping up what’s remaining of the Cuban regime. It really is incredible!” Concha said.
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossío said his country is preparing for the possibility of an invasion by the United States on Sunday. He also said that leaders “truly hope that it doesn’t occur,” as “we find no justification whatsoever.”
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed on March 13 that the Cuban government has been in talks with the Trump administration. President Donald Trump later said he expects to have the “honor” of “taking Cuba in some form” on March 16.
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A day after Trump’s comment, Diaz-Canel warned that any attempt to force political change on the island would be met with “impregnable resistance.”
In January, the U.S. made global news when it captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Both were extracted from the country and sent to New York City where they faced federal charges.
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