Cruz: Biden is 'Weak' and 'Mealy Mouthed' on Cuba

Cruz: Biden is 'Weak' and 'Mealy Mouthed' on Cuba

Jim McCool
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July 27, 2021
Washington D.C.- Today, as the American Conservative Union "Cuba Libre" event showcased some high profile federally elected officials, President Biden's (D) leadership against the Communist regime has been challenged after many Cuban-Americans, such as Mercedes Schlapp, who feels the president is not doing enough.  Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) added to the 'Biden is weak' […]
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Florida Republicans Move to Codify Oil Drilling Moratorium

Florida Republicans Move to Codify Oil Drilling Moratorium

Daniel Molina
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July 26, 2021
Waltz argued that this environmental moratorium would allow the state to focus “on water quality and reducing red tide.”
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Rubio Remains Optimistic for Cuba, Calls for End to Regime [Video]

Rubio Remains Optimistic for Cuba, Calls for End to Regime [Video]

Jim McCool
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July 26, 2021
As the anti-Cuban government protests spread from Cuban cities to the United States, the issue has remained all but stagnant.  Now mainstream politicians from across political party lines have backed the Cuban people, particularly US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who remains optimistic on Cuba and is calling for an end to the regime. Senator Rubio, […]
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Demings Launches Veiled Political Swipe at Rubio Over 'Free and Fair Elections'

Demings Launches Veiled Political Swipe at Rubio Over 'Free and Fair Elections'

Javier Manjarres
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July 25, 2021
Rep. Valdez "Val" Demings (D) is arguably one of the most outspoken critics of former President Donald Trump, and of the effort by congressional Republicans to challenge the 306 electors President Joe Biden received on election night 2020, may have taken a swing at Senator Marco Rubio over "free and fair elections." In a possible […]
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Rubio Calls Biden's Sanctions on Cuban Regime 'Meaningless' and Mojito-Driven

Rubio Calls Biden's Sanctions on Cuban Regime 'Meaningless' and Mojito-Driven

Javier Manjarres
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July 25, 2021
While both Republican and Democratic members of Congress acknowledged President Joe Biden's recent sanctioning of elements within the Cuban regime for the abuses they committed during the recent Cuban protests on the island, some legislators with more in-depth knowledge of the regime's decades-long human rights violations, and  who have a bit more skin in the […]
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Val Demings Uses Campaign Dollars to pay for For Health, Dental Insurance

Val Demings Uses Campaign Dollars to pay for For Health, Dental Insurance

Javier Manjarres
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July 21, 2021
Like most Americans with health insurance, members of Congress Rep. Valdez “Val” Demings (D) and Senator Marco Rubio (R) who are paid a  yearly salary of $174,000, have to pay their healthcare premiums out of their own pockets. Sen. Rubio and Rep. Demings, who are running against one another in the 2022 U.S. Senate race […]
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Rubio Backs Embargo, Says Cuban Regime Has Imposed 'Blockade' On The People Of Cuba

Rubio Backs Embargo, Says Cuban Regime Has Imposed 'Blockade' On The People Of Cuba

Daniel Molina
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July 21, 2021
Rubio brought up an issue that lawmakers and Americans have been questioning since the protests in Cuba began, which is “why don’t we get rid of the embargo?”
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Rubio Calls Biden 'Lazy' Over Cuba

Rubio Calls Biden 'Lazy' Over Cuba

Jim McCool
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July 20, 2021
As many Democrats such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) continue to blame the United States for the civil unrest in Cuba, the White House has reportedly gone along with this idea and even started to explore a "working group" to examine remittances to Cuba in the wake of protests on the island to determine […]
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Murphy: U.S. Will 'Continue To Have Fair, Close' Elections

Murphy: U.S. Will 'Continue To Have Fair, Close' Elections

Daniel Molina
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July 20, 2021
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) commented on the political repercussions of the 2020 presidential election, sharing that the United States will “continue to have fair, close, and hard-fought elections.”
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Senator Rubio's Fundraising Shows Grim Reality for Demings

Senator Rubio's Fundraising Shows Grim Reality for Demings

Jim McCool
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July 19, 2021
With Election Day 2022 still being more than a year away, the Florida Senate race between incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and challenger Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), appears as if it will be a race that will get ugly, fast. However, fundraising says a lot about a candidacy, and Rubio's fundraising prowess shows a grim […]
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Rubio: Biden Should Use the Diplomacy He Brags About

Rubio: Biden Should Use the Diplomacy He Brags About

Daniel Molina
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July 14, 2021
He details the the frustration that the Cuban people are expressing while also voicing that the adminstrations response was “weak” and that it should “use diplomacy that they brag about.”
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Wasserman Schultz Says Venezuela's Maduro 'Terrified' Of Protests In Cuba

Wasserman Schultz Says Venezuela's Maduro 'Terrified' Of Protests In Cuba

Daniel Molina
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July 13, 2021
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) shared that a “terrified” Maduro will try anything possible in order to remain in power during this time.
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Cuba Protests Trigger Venezuela Reprisal Against Guiado, Opposition

Cuba Protests Trigger Venezuela Reprisal Against Guiado, Opposition

Daniel Molina
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July 13, 2021
Rubio shared that it’s disappointing to see the Biden administration attempt to remove sanctions while the dictatorship is trying to silence individuals seeking democracy for the country.
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Rubio: America is

Rubio: America is "Better Than Anywhere Else"

Daniel Molina
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July 5, 2021
Republican lawmakers like Senator Marco Rubio (R) aimed verbal jabs in response to the criticism, saying that America is "better than anywhere else."
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Democratic Mayor Cava Says Biden, DeSantis Support After Building Collapse

Democratic Mayor Cava Says Biden, DeSantis Support After Building Collapse "Extraordinary"

Jim McCool
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July 2, 2021
As the tragic building collapse continues to unfold, politics has been put aside and both Republican and Democratic officials have joined together to focus entirely on rescue efforts. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) told The Floridian that the support coming from Gov. Ron DeSantis and the federal government was nothing less than "extraordinary," adding, "we have everything that we...
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Rubio Slams CCP Ahead of Centennial Celebration

Rubio Slams CCP Ahead of Centennial Celebration

Jim McCool
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July 1, 2021
As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its centennial (100-year mark) in 2021, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has advanced his long history of criticizing President Xi Jinping,saying that the anniversary " is a cause for sorrow, not celebration." In a Tweet yesterday, Rubio who has passed anti-CCP legislation with Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), called out the CCP […]
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Ocasio Cortez Continues Supporting Maduro, Blames Humanitarian Crisis on U.S. Sanctions

Ocasio Cortez Continues Supporting Maduro, Blames Humanitarian Crisis on U.S. Sanctions

Jim McCool
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June 25, 2021
While it seems that everyone is against Maduro’s strong-arm tactics of governing Venezuela,  individuals like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who The Floridian recently spoke to about the humanitarian problem in Venezuela, believes that the existing and effective sanctions put in place by the Trump administration and kept in place by the current Biden administration, add to “deepening and exacerbating hunger...
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Demings ‘Offended’ at Being Likened to a Socialist

Demings ‘Offended’ at Being Likened to a Socialist

Daniel Molina
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June 24, 2021
Demings shared that it “offended” her that Rubio would “use the pain and suffering of people” to advance his political career.
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