Miami-based outlet Cuba Headlines reports:
A group of Cubans protested this Wednesday on a Miami highway in response to a billboard that compares former President Donald Trump, who is also a Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, with the deceased Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
The controversy erupted over the billboard’s message, which reads: “No to dictators, no to Trump,” accompanied by images of Castro and Trump, reported the EFE news agency.
The group Hispanos por América, upset by the comparison, organized a protest on Wednesday afternoon on the Palmetto Expressway, south of Miami, to express their rejection of the advertisement promoted by the political action committee (PAC) Mad Dog.
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As I reported on Wednesday, the group has threatened to blockade the Palmetto Expressway if the billboard doesn’t come down.
Per Wikipedia, the 30-mile Palmetto, which bypasses downtown Miami, is the busiest non-tolled road operated by the state and carries around 500,000 vehicles on most weekdays.
On note, in 2021 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that effectively makes it legal to run over protesters who block public roads.
Watch the clip below.
I knew this billboard would make MAGAt Cuban heads explode. And it has. It’s also gotten us a number of donations from other folks in Miami who don’t like the hypocrisy of being anti Dictator but welcome a Trump dictatorship. Chip in https://t.co/tLqBQPT6ep pic.twitter.com/LGqjmDaPr0
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) June 19, 2024
This billboard is getting major traction.
Would be a shame if it got retweeted so many times Trump saw it.
Miami billboard compares Trump to Castro | Miami Herald #NoDictadoresNoTrump https://t.co/WDMMdnYYYc
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) June 20, 2024