It's sad and painfully ironic that the same escapees of the regime will almost exclusively vote for Republicans. Cubans are very similar to ex-Soviet expats in

It's sad and painfully ironic that the same escapees of the regime will almost exclusively vote for Republicans. Cubans are very similar to ex-Soviet expats in that regard, something I can speak to firsthand. The GOP found a magic word to "unlock" these people. Say the word "socialism" and all logic centers immediately shut down. It is replaced by panic and fear. No data or common sense is helpful - ask them to choose between Democrats and We Are Going To Eat Your Babies Party, and they will ask what kind of condiments you would like for the baby. I am only half-kidding. Alexander Vindman's father from Soviet Ukraine's Odesa, for example, was all in for Trump until only well into the process of seeing his son's career destroyed and threats received for telling the truth under oath. My own father, who had a very close brush with the KGB - is the same way. They want to be authoritarian, they TELL them that this is what they want, musing about retribution, gulags, and "punishing" the enemies, and it's still not going through. They even showed just a taste of the cruelty by making migrant children orphaned. It's worse than the Soviet Union in that sense because repressions were a tool but sadism was not a public policy. Shit, even THEY left children alone. It's just so amazing, but it also shows you the power of words, branding, and marketing.