Volume 4: White Devil Chapter 264 One vs Three
After Jeff finished his answer, the three people behind him would not be able to attract the audience's attention no matter what they said, unless they ran naked on the spot, because no matter whether it was the audience at the scene or the voters in front of the TV, no one could digest the shock brought to them by this plumber in just six minutes.
But Tommy listened carefully to the answers of the last two people. In fact, the speeches of these two people were clearer than those of the previous ones. After listening, in Tommy's personal opinion, they could at least be ranked in the top three of tonight's speeches. However, the American election does not require such plain speeches, but only shocking ones.
Moreover, it is obvious that these two people do not have any financial backers. They cannot even afford newspaper advertisements. They relied solely on their own feet to walk around the 18 constituencies and obtained donations and recognition from small businesses and ordinary people in the area. Only then did they barely get into this team of candidates. Even if such people are really elected, there are only two results: either they are forced to change their original intentions when running for election, or they are mediocre and incompetent, and are forced to go home after one term by their opponents.
The answer of black insurance broker James Meg is to push the most important fruit planting industry in the area to complete a one-time deep processing line, ensuring that all procedures from planting a citrus sapling to a bottle of citrus-flavored canned food leaving the factory and being sent to supermarket shelves are completed in the area, completing the complete chain of production, processing, and circulation. This will increase employment opportunities in many different positions for residents in the area. At the same time, he calls on the government to give large subsidies to those companies that are willing to layout a complete chain in the area to support companies in training residents in the area to meet the needs of the companies as soon as possible, get on the job, and achieve a win-win situation.
After listening to five speeches tonight, this is the only answer that Tommy thinks the voters in this district may benefit from. It's just that this black man may not have a complete election team and is not well prepared. If he could find a financial supporter before running for election, and then fill his speech with more intuitive data by consulting a lot of information, and be more inspiring, he would never have been ranked so far behind in fifth place.
Raul Wright, the furniture store owner who followed closely behind, is a mixed-race black man. He believes that if they want to improve the environment in the district, they should start by strengthening the tourism industry in the district. After all, Miami is a well-known holiday resort in the United States and even the world. Every year, there are an endless stream of tourists coming here to enjoy their holidays, but most of the tourists are concentrated in the South District of Miami. Because of the rapid growth of Little Havana and the fermentation of word-of-mouth, the South District has become the first and last stop for many foreign tourists arriving in Miami. What they should consider most now is how to make the Eighteenth District the second stop for these tourists in Miami sightseeing, so that those massive tourists are willing to flock to the Eighteenth District and consume in the district. As for how to attract tourists, it is to make some preferential adjustments in consumption tax, or consider focusing on exploring Jamaican culture and promoting reggae music to compete with the Cuban culture in the South District and form their own cultural characteristics as soon as possible.
After listening to the furniture store owner's speech, Tommy couldn't help but wonder if he was still in America. The answers of the two black men were more feasible than those of everyone else, including Jeff. They were neither empty nor hypocritical. The only drawback was that their speaking style was as plain as their answers and could not attract the attention of ordinary people at all.
"Martin, after the primary election, call James Meg and Raul Wright immediately to see if they would consider having a frank talk with Jeff." After listening to their speeches, Tommy spoke to Martin, who was staring at Jeff on the stage in the studio corridor, using the communicator.
Martin lowered his voice and responded in a puzzled tone: "These two niggers both expressed their support for Cubans. According to your previous plan, shouldn't I broadcast the news about niggers being beaten up in the street by Cubans tomorrow to help them celebrate their excellent performance in the primary election?"
Their boss had already arranged the fate of the three black candidates. As long as the three black men could express a little goodwill towards the Cubans in the primary election, the news broadcast the next day would show them being scolded by their angry black compatriots. And these would be black people across America, not just the 18th district.
Why are you suddenly feeling kind now?
"Ruining them does not conflict with getting their carefully prepared election proposal from them." Tommy said calmly, "Whether you give it to Jeff or not, you have to destroy them. If they give you a more detailed proposal, your staff won't have to write it based on a one-sided two-minute speech. If you don't give it to them, your staff should know how to copy their proposal."
“What’s the point of copying ideas?”
"You can use it to do business with your company and politicians. These two ideas are only worth investing in if they are elected. But do you think they have the face to be elected?"
"No, if both of them can be elected, I will run for president immediately," Martin said in a firm tone.
Tommy explained casually, "But you can take their work and carefully perfect it into two more detailed reports, and then use your fame to negotiate business with members of Congress. You can change the ideas of the two failed candidates into business for the congressmen, such as how to get high subsidies, how to acquire land cheaply under the banner of creating a cultural style, etc."
Tommy stopped talking after he finished speaking, because at this time, the seventh candidate, Andy Hogan, had already started to answer the seventh question asked by the host. He was a tall and strong young man who was no more than 28 years old. He stood on the podium generously and showed a charming smile: "Thank you, host. Uh... I had prepared a lot of words, but Mr. Jeff Lavin said everything I wanted to say. In fact, I stood here and listened to what he just said. I wanted to applaud him. I also have the same opinion as him. If District 18 wants to get better, the most important thing is to expel illegal immigrants."
With Jeff's speech, although Andy Hogan's speech was unexpected, the audience was no longer too surprised. Only the host with Cuban ancestry once again looked at Andy Hogan with depressed eyes. He should not have agreed to be the host of this debate. He thought that as a Cuban, he could enjoy the face-to-face goodwill of all candidates, but he did not expect that two white people would stand up directly in front of him and shout slogans to drive the Cubans out. Due to the rules and his status as the host, he could not argue with them. He had a good eloquence but could only sulk in silence.
"Some people may find me familiar. There's no doubt that it's me, Andy Hogan, a small-time movie actor. I've starred in many hit movies, such as 'Neon Nights', 'Wanda Takes a Journey into Wall Street', 'Don't Do Anything in the Woods', etc. I was lucky enough to qualify for the preliminary round and stand here, thanks to my friends who I've worked with and many fans who like me. By the way, my new movie 'Men's Hell' will be available in video stores this week. It's a big production, and many actresses and I will be in it..."
The host couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he interrupted this white racist who also boycotted Cubans in a cold tone: "Mr. Hogan, I remind you that your speech should be related to the topic. Advertising your own work at the election will not increase sales, but will make everyone feel that you are very disrespectful to them."
"OK, back to the question. Why do I have the same opinion as Mr. Jeff Lavine? Because I and a large number of actors are going to be unemployed. Canter Bay in North Miami, District 18, has now become the holy land of Hollywood for illegal movie crews. In order to pay the snakeheads, those illegal immigrants dare to do anything in front of the camera. They can shoot bestiality, homosexuality, young girls, homosexuality and other themes that are absolutely strictly prohibited in American movies. The most basic point is that animal abuse is against American and Florida laws!"
"They only charge low wages, and they don't need to provide them with insurance, sign formal contracts, or join unions. The crews are all illegal immigrants from top to bottom. Even if the police catch them on the spot, they can't do anything because they will tell the police that they are entertaining themselves. This is what the Cuban illegal immigrants do."
"My wife and I have been unemployed for more than two months. Even though we have lowered our standards and agreed to shoot shameful themes such as group sex, bestiality, and wife swapping, we still haven't found any job opportunities. This is the cruel reality of the 18th constituency. Even if you want to sell your body, you can't make money."
"I stand here knowing full well that I will never be elected, but I am very happy to hear Mr. Lavine's speech. I am very happy that there are candidates who, like me, realize the serious harm that Cuban illegal immigrants are causing to District 18. Ladies and gentlemen, we must solve these illegal illegal immigrants. Otherwise, if they continue to develop in this malicious way, my wife will be ready to work in those illegal crews to abuse animals. I don't want to... see a group of illegal illegal immigrants fucking my wife, or a movie where my wife rides an animal. I also don't want to die of starvation on the streets of the great United States because illegal immigrants take away my job."
"That's my speech. Thank you, host, and thank you everyone."
After Andy Hogan finished speaking, the audience was in an uproar. If Jeff Lavine's speech made many American citizens believe that Cuban illegal immigrants had robbed their money, then Andy Hogan's speech made them feel that these Cuban illegal immigrants were too disgusting. Those topics that made people feel disgusting just by listening to them, those topics that white Americans would not shoot, but the Cuban illegal immigrants would shoot. They are just so disgusting.
Tommy shook his head after listening to it, feeling a little regretful. "The speech was terrible. This handsome guy's acting skills aren't that good? He probably relies on his special skills to make a living. And it sounds more like an advertisement for a movie about Cuban stowaways. After listening to it, even I want to buy a videotape to see how Cuban girls abuse animals."
The host took a deep breath to calm herself down quickly, and tried to sound completely unaffected by Andy Hogan's speech. She said calmly, "All candidates have finished speaking and have given their answers. Next is a 15-minute free discussion on the speeches of the candidates. Ms. Kennedy, what do you think of the other candidates' speeches on this topic?"
"I find Ms. Pepper's speech incredible. Mr. Claude Pepper has been a congressman from this district for 25 years, and he has not been able to push forward a proposal in 25 years. I don't understand why he thinks he can push it forward successfully if he is elected. I think Ms. Pepper may not be aware that the work of a congressman is different from her previous job as a corrections officer. If people in Congress do not support a proposal, you cannot just call the police to arrest those who do not support you." Rosario Kennedy directly aimed her firepower at Joanna Pepper next to her:
"Ms. Pepper has been saying that she will run for election in accordance with her uncle, Mr. Claude Pepper's previous attitude towards this district. So I would like to ask, are you also prepared to be like your uncle and continue to be hostile to Cuba during your term as a congressman from this district? I still remember his remarks at the time. For the sake of stability in the United States, he called on the US government to support Cuban anti-government forces with funds in Congress and to sabotage Cuba in various ways, including but not limited to destroying infrastructure, forcing the Cuban people to panic due to water and power outages, and putting pressure on the government. If you really..."
Joanna Pepper listened calmly to Rosario Kennedy's questions. This kind of attacks in a debate was very normal. In order to attack the opponent, except for swearing directly, sarcasm and ridicule were all routine operations. She did not rush to interrupt, but just looked for a better entry point to interrupt the other party, and then started her own long speech to make sure to draw the audience's attention to herself.
After all, Jeff Lavine has stolen everyone's limelight during the answering phase. Regardless of whether voters support him or not, they must admit that this plumber has definitely left the most impressive impression on everyone tonight.
So during the free discussion phase, you must seize the opportunity. Even if you cannot be the most impressive, at least you should be ranked second.
Just when she was sure that Rosario would criticize her from the perspective of her uncle's hostility towards Cuba, and she had chosen the angle of counterattack, and was about to speak, Jeff suddenly spoke loudly:
"If Ms. Kennedy found Joanna Pepper's speech incredible, then I was even more shocked by Ms. Kennedy's righteous questioning. Ms. Rosario Kennedy's Cuban surname is Arguelles, which is a surname comparable to Kennedy's in Cuba. Ms. Rosario Kenneth's grandfather, Elisio Arguelles, was the president of the Cuban Senate. Her father and mother were both senators. Her great-uncle was Mario Garcia Arguelles, who served as the president of Cuba before the Castro Revolution. She also has three uncles who served as mayors of Havana, the capital of Cuba, and other important positions."
When Joanna Pepper heard Jeff helping her question Rosario, she was not grateful. Instead, she almost burst into swearing on the spot!
This was the line he had carefully prepared to refute Rosario! How come this guy made such an accurate judgment that he shouted it out loudly just when Rosario finished talking about Pepper's hostility towards Cuba and was about to question him?
After he finished speaking this set of words, what did he say?
"My family has nothing to do with me. I came to the United States when I was fifteen. I..." Rosario Kennedy didn't expect that Jeff would be the first to attack. She quickly opened her mouth to interrupt Jeff, but Jeff raised his voice and did not interrupt his speech. He did not consider respecting women at all and went straight to the bottom:
"How much aid did the U.S. government give to Rosario Kennedy's family and Cuba at the time? Hundreds of millions . Then what happened? Not long after the family received the money, Castro led a revolution and drove them out of power. The U.S. aid was wasted. I want to ask Ms. Rosario Kennedy, do you still remember the promise made by the Aguilera family to the U.S. government that they would not let Cuba be deceived by the Soviet Union, and even if it did, they would definitely solve it as soon as possible and would never let the United States be affected?"
"I didn't know the situation in Cuba at that time. I said that I was only fifteen years old, and I want to say that that period of history is not..." Rosario's face could no longer pretend to be calm. He spoke quickly and loudly, trying to interrupt Jeff's speech, but Jeff's voice was obviously louder and faster. He pressed the podium with both hands, and his voice sounded like he was trying to suppress his anger:
" If I remember correctly, the aid was provided by President Kennedy to Cuba in 1960. Less than half a year after the aid, which was made up of tax money from American citizens, was sent to Cuba, you, your grandfather, your father, your mother and your uncles, flew to Miami on a special plane, leaving Cuba intact to Castro, and your whole family became Americans!"
"And many years later, you can still happily marry Mr. David Kennedy in Miami, as if your family and the Kennedy family had never caused the American people to waste huge amounts of aid and the Cuban people to lose their freedom."
"If you doubt Ms. Pepper's ability to push the bill, can I also question your ability? I am worried that if a revolution breaks out in Miami one day, you will not only flee with your family members, but you may also take the Kennedy family with you. Of course, taking the Kennedy family away is a good thing for the American people. Otherwise, if they continue to do wrong things, the American people will also want to take them away. You have two ex-husbands. The first ex-husband is Cuban and the second is Irish. If you love Cuba, why don't you keep your Cuban ex-husband's surname and insist on using the Kennedy surname even if you divorce? Can you answer me?"
Rosario Kennedy was stunned by this question!
Jeff, or Tommy, those grand historical propositions mentioned above were all illusions, used to fool Rosario's mind. When her mind was trapped by the words Jeff said and she thought that Jeff was going to use this matter to make trouble, he would attack from an unexpected angle!
The purpose is to make her unable to react and be stunned for three seconds!
At this moment, Gerald Richman suddenly spoke to Jeff, attracting everyone's attention and allowing Rosario to take the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief: "Mr. Lavin, from answering the questions to the free discussion, you have been venting your anger. You tried to incite everyone to join you in being hostile to people of color in this district. As a white person, you..."
"I am not hostile to anyone, including Cuban-American citizens. I am only hostile to foreigners. I am a retired veteran. My career tells me that I will always protect this country and beat those foreigners who want to cause trouble to this country back to their homes! I repeat again, I do not discriminate against Cuban-American citizens! And Cuban-Americans do not represent Cubans, because every Cuban-American citizen has read the oath to the flag when he obtained American citizenship. I believe that these Americans must be willing to stand with me as an American and beat away those Cuban illegal immigrants, unless they violate the oath of naturalization! If they do that, the US government can also consider depriving them of their nationality so that they can stand on the side of foreigners openly. At that time, I will also be hostile to them." Jeff directly interrupted the other party's attack, and then did not give the other party the opportunity to cause trouble again. He turned his head to look at the other party, with a resolute look that did not care about you all attacking me:
"Mr. Richman, you are a Haitian, you ..."
“I’m an American and I love America.” Richman quickly added, “I was just born in Haiti.”
"I think your love is not strong enough, because you have been focusing on helping illegal immigrants to obtain refugee status as soon as possible. I understand that you have enthusiastically helped more than a thousand Cuban illegal immigrants obtain refugee status in the past ten years. You are really kind-hearted. But there is another data. In your more than ten years of lawyer career, you have rejected more than 30 penniless African American compatriots who wanted to seek legal help from you. I would like to ask, is this how you love this country? Is this your attitude of treating people of color equally?"
Richman didn't know how many black people he had rejected in his more than ten years of career. They had no money but wanted him to help with lawsuits. This kind of thing was too common. Lawyers were not volunteers. If they had no money but wanted him to waste his time and energy, let alone black compatriots of the same skin color, even relatives of the same blood would not expect him to help for free. Once a gap was opened, countless black people would swarm around like flies. This was a trivial matter that every lawyer had encountered and was not worth mentioning.
But the most vicious thing about Jeff Lavin's remarks was that he described his normal business of helping more than a thousand illegal Cuban immigrants obtain refugee status for more than ten years by charging them fees as enthusiastic help, and then linked it with his rejection of more than thirty poor black people!
To the black people watching TV, it sounded like Gerald Richman had betrayed the black people. On the one hand, he called on black people to vote for his candidacy, but on the other hand, he refused to lend a helping hand to the black people in need, and on the other hand, he ran to help the Cuban illegal immigrants who stole the jobs of the black people.
Richman didn't even think of how to refute. Just when the conversation was about to become dull, Joanna spoke up at this time and actually challenged Jeff: "Mr. Laven, the question you just asked Mr. Richman..."
These three are all politicians. They just happened to be ranked first, second and third in the previous mock vote. None of them are fools. They saved each other tonight, not because of their close relationship, but because they all realized that they must take down Jeff Lavine. This plumber is too scary. He has been monopolizing the microphone until now, making the audience's eyes and ears firmly locked on him. It doesn't matter who of the three of them is elected in the end, because although they are competing with each other, they all know each other's price, and can trade with the winner even if they lose.
Moreover, they must cooperate to suppress Jeff. Allowing this guy to unscrupulously attack Cubans by using nativism will only cause the Democratic Party to lose more support from Cuban-American voters and push them to the Republican Party. The Cuban-American voters in front of the TV must see clearly that Jeff Lavine only represents himself, and the three of them represent the attitude of the Democratic Party.
As soon as Joanna Pepper finished speaking, Jeff had already taken back the right to speak. This speed of reaction made Joanna's heart sink. How many manuscripts did this guy's election team prepare to provide him with firepower in this primary election?
Can he really monopolize the microphone and indiscriminately criticize the other six candidates until they are speechless and have nothing to say?
"Ms. Pepper! Have you thought about how to answer the question Ms. Rosario Kennedy just asked? If you have, I just happened to have another question waiting for you. Mr. Claude Pepper became a senator in 1936, and lost the election in 1950. Then he started all over again and competed for a seat in the House of Representatives. Many politicians' careers are gradually rising. Why is Mr. Pepper's career like woooo~~~~" Jeff used his palm to simulate an airplane and made a downward gliding motion: "Keep sliding?"
Seeing Joanna Pepper was about to open her mouth to answer, Jeff spoke first, "Because he once went to the Soviet Union to meet Stalin, and after returning, he seriously announced in Congress that Stalin was someone the United States could fully trust, that the Soviet Union was a symbol of human progress, and that the Soviet Union and the United States could coexist peacefully. In fact, Stalin and the Soviet Union taught him a lesson, making him a joke in Congress. Americans all know that this guy was fooled by Stalin! This is why he lost the election. People cannot accept that a person who was fooled by the Soviet Union continues to serve as a senator."
"Then why has he been able to serve as a congressman for so long? You can't take my microphone away. Give up, Ms. Joanna Pepper. I'll tell you the answer. From the day he ran for the House of Representatives, he focused on one thing: opposing the Soviet Union and everything related to the Soviet Union, including Cuba, which was supported by the Soviet Union."
"So, you'd better admit that you are against the Soviet Union, Cuba, and those Cuban stowaways. Listen to your uncle and do the right thing, because this is the fundamental reason why he was able to hold his seat in the House of Representatives for 25 years.. "
