Scott Donnell

𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗨𝗕𝗔 𝗧𝗢 "𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘." 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬'𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚. A Code Pink activist chartered a plane full of medicine to Havana, made a video from her seat on a chartered plane calling Trump's Cuba policy "cruel, inhumane, and barbaric," and congratulated herself on her solidarity with the Cuban people. Here's the question nobody in that video asked: where were you for the last several decades? Cuba has had chronic medicine shortages for decades. Chronic food shortages for decades. Frequent power outages. Internet censorship. Wages so low that families survive on remittances from relatives who escaped. Criticizing the government there is not just unpopular — it can get you imprisoned. 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝗱. The moment Donald Trump started applying real pressure on the communist regime that has oppressed Cuba for sixty years — the moment there was a credible possibility that the regime might actually fall — suddenly these activists discovered the Cuban people and their suffering. Think about what that means. They are not flying to Cuba because Cubans are suffering. Cubans have been suffering their entire lives. They are flying to Cuba because Trump might end that suffering, and they cannot allow Trump to get credit for it. So they will bring medicine, take photos, post videos, call themselves virtuous — and then fly home to their comfortable American lives and lobby against the policy most likely to actually free the Cuban people from the government that is causing the shortages in the first place. That is not solidarity. That is using the Cuban people as a prop in a performance about Donald Trump. If you are Cuban and you are reading this: they are not there for you. They are there against him. And the difference between those two things is the difference between your freedom and your continued oppression. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵.

BREAKING🚨: Chaos at LGA Terminal B this morning! The TSA PreCheck line is so backed up it's wrapping around every room and stretching all the way out to the parking garage. Plan extra time if you're flying out of here!