Actress Natalie Morales Explains Why Some Cuban-Americans, Including Her Family, Voted For Trump
Actress Natalie Morales, known for her work in Santa Clarita Diet and Parks & Recreation, is explaining her theory as to why some Cuban Americans, including family members of hers, voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 Election.
“I’m from Miami. I am a first generation daughter of Cuban refugees. My grandfather was a political prisoner. (This does not make me special, a lot of Miami has this exact family story.) Many Cuban Americans have been Republicans since Kennedy, who they feel betrayed them. I, unfortunately, have friends and some family in Miami that voted for Trump. They aren’t racist. They aren’t bad people who want bad things for the world. They are 10000% brainwashed,” she tweeted.
Natalie continued, “The ads, FB videos and misinformation targeting FL **SINCE BEFORE OBAMA** about how all Dems are radical socialist commies have been widely and continuously spread and also widely underestimated. And, they work. They work because they use and abuse the trauma of my people.”
She continued, “This applies to Cubans, but also Venezuelans and all the other Latinx people who fled from poverty and violent, oppressive regimes. The bs they see on FoxNews has made them TRULY scared of Bernie and anyone like him. Even Latina AOC.”
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I'm from Miami. I am a first generation daughter of Cuban refugees. My grandfather was a political prisoner. (This does not make me special, a lot of Miami has this exact family story.) Many Cuban Americans have been Republicans since Kennedy, who they feel betrayed them. 2/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
The ads, FB videos and misinformation targeting FL **SINCE BEFORE OBAMA** about how all Dems are radical socialist commies have been widely and continuously spread and also widely underestimated. And, they work. They work because they use and abuse the trauma of my people.
4/— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
They were sold the same promises in their countries: "Equality for all!" "Socialism works and everyone is equal!"
But those promises turned sour. They turned communist. They turned into Castro. Into Maduro. They turned into suffering and fleeing and death and trauma.
6/— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
Actual things they've said to me: "Biden is just going to do what Bernie says" "They're going to say Biden is too weak to lead and Kamala is going to take over and she is for killing babies after they are born!" "Biden is just saying what we want to hear but he's a communist"
9/— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
Not that it was easy. It's not easy to come here and be accepted when you look different and speak another language. And you work hard to lose your accent and dress like they do, and make your hair like theirs so that you fit in, so that you feel "a part of".
11/— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
So, in the case of Cubans, let say: The revolution and mass fleeing happened in the 60s/70s. You've been here for 40+ years. You're thankfully a citizen, and a proud American. You watch HGTV. You decorate the house with gourds for Thanksgiving. You drink pumpkin spice lattes.
13/— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
And the saddest part of this is, is that when you see the current administration belittling, caging, and mistreating immigrants (like you were, once)- you either are 1. in denial about it, you can't accept that this country you love could be so cruel or…
15/— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
You reject your old, loyal dorky friends (even if you relate to them more) because you don't want to be associated with the shunned, and you don't want to go back to being rejected yourself. It's a type of colonized self hatred that I think every minority deals with.
17/— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
It's all very sad. I'm sure I'll get shit for this post, but it's important for our growth that we try to understand each other & ourselves more. This election has certainly made it look like we are truly divided. But I don't think it's that black and white. (Or Blue and Red)
18.— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) November 4, 2020
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