The Atlantic: When Karen Bass went to work in Castro's Cuba

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https://apple.news/AAx9VrVg9QUGe00ioGsHTKQ

Details her time as part of the Venceremos Brigade.

This would be red meat for the Trumpistas, and distract from Biden’s message.

The number one job of the VP nominee is to help the ticket win, not be a distraction or drag on the ticket’s momentum.

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1. Who is promoting her?

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2. Press speculation

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4. Anti-Harris folks nt

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3. That's a positive for me.

I *like* the brigades.

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6. Sure, lots of us do. As unfair as it would be, it would be a distraction at best, crippling at worst

Bass’s Castro connection is much more potentially harmful than Warren’s “Pocahontas!” Or Harris’ “Willie Brown!”, or even Rice’s “Benghazi!” Potential attacks from the right.

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7. I like Bass but this is a disquaifier, given Florida Cubans

Many Cubans still vote on Castro only. I'm not sure that is widely understood. Anyone linked to Castro would immediately inspire hysteria and protest groups and reinvigorate Democratic hatred within families, many of which are three generations under the same roof.

My first taste of the Castro single mindedness was way back in high school on a double date in Miami. We were seated at a booth in Denny's and somehow politics came up. I made some offhand remark that if JFK had not been assassinated then RFK very possibly could have followed him for 8 years as president. The young Cuban American male who was the second half of the double date went absolutely nuts. He was literally screaming in the restaurant that no way a Democrat could get elected, not given Castro this and Castro that. I was trying to suppress laughter while asking him how many states cared about Castro while voting. That didn't register with him at all. He continued to rant about Castro. In that upbringing they assume Castro is the focal point everywhere.

Granted, we're going to lose most of those old Cubans anyway. But we can't give them a trigger. I saw what happened with Gillum and socialism, scaring Cubans to such extent that we lost critical Hispanic support in Miami-Dade in both the governor's race and Nelson's senate race.

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8. Yeah, Bass would almost certainly take FL out, even if she helps in NC and GA nt

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5. Given the history thats being vetted

I'm starting to think that Bass was a stalking horse put out there to make Warren or Harris appear moderate by comparison.