Volume 4: White Devil Chapter 273: Ms. Letty, willing to lend a helping hand to her compatriots
The audience watching the debate live and the host felt that Jeff Lavine's performance tonight was far inferior to the previous Democratic primary debates. He maintained his previous aggressiveness and sharp words in this debate, but it sounded like he was too extreme, the kind of extreme that a white racist is. He even intimidated potential critics, but how many real racists are there in the 18th District?
Therefore, before the debate was over, many political commentators felt more optimistic about Ileana Letty. This Cuban-American woman maintained her composure well and played the role of a weak party who was attacked by white racists but tried hard to maintain her composure and not lose the upper hand in her speech.
This is Florida, a racially diverse country. Except for the die-hard members of the KKK, no one likes pure racists. Even if the voters are white, everyone is sympathetic and no one likes a strong villain.
"OK, the question and answer session for both sides has ended. Next is the free debate and discussion phase. I would like to remind the two candidates again that your speeches will be broadcast in real time to the voters who are paying attention to the election. Please pay attention to your wording. In fact, I am mainly reminding Mr. Jeff Lavin, because some of your wording in the previous question and answer session was very dangerous. This is a friendly reminder." The host let out a sigh of relief and reminded the two candidates seriously, or mainly Jeff Lavin.
He actually had no interest in reminding Jeff Lavine, as this was not his job, but the problem was that one could not really allow a person to speak freely in front of the TV camera, because the consequences would not be borne by Jeff alone. As a host, he would also be troubled by people for doing nothing when faced with racist remarks.
Jeff Lavin still had that wooden, unmoved expression, and completely ignored the host's kind reminder. Instead, after the host signaled that he could speak, he turned his head and looked at Ileana Letty and took the initiative to speak:
"Ms. Letty, as far as I know, you are a member of the board of directors of CANF (Cuban National American Foundation), which is a lobbying organization composed of Cuban Americans who oppose Castro. Almost all of the board members are wealthy Cuban Americans in Florida, right? I don't know much about this organization. Do you mind talking to me and everyone about this organization in front of the camera? According to the information I have learned from your public disclosure, a large part of the campaign funds you raised in this election also came from donations from CANF."
Ileana Letty nodded. "Of course, this organization was founded in 1981. It was established thanks to the support of the Republican Party for Cuban-American citizens. It is mainly to promote the United States to continue the embargo sanctions against the Castro government of Cuba, and to promote the legitimate rights and interests of Cuban-American citizens, and to help all Cuban citizens in Florida build a better community. If Cuban immigrants encounter any trouble, CANF is willing to lend a helping hand."
Ileana Letty was not surprised to hear Jeff ask about her social organization identity. Instead, she admitted it frankly. After all, information about her role as a director of the CANF board of directors and the purpose of CANF's establishment were publicly available.
And the reason for the existence of this foundation is indeed just as Ileana Letty said. Republicans need an anti-Castro Cuban lobbying organization to cooperate with the Reagan administration to continue to promote sanctions against Cuba and help Cuban citizens improve their living environment. There is no need to hide it from American citizens. This completely open organization makes Ileana not worry at all that Jeff can use conspiracy theories to throw dirty water.
On the contrary, the Crossroads Foundation, a major donor who has always supported Jeff Lavine and refused to disclose the information of its donors, is more like a shameful clown hiding in the dark. Ileana Letty was actually planning to use this point and conspiracy theories to fight back against Jeff Lavine. She was originally thinking about how to lead the topic to this aspect, but she didn't expect Jeff Lavine to take the initiative to mention CANF, which supported her. This just made it convenient for her to launch a counterattack.
Thinking of this, Elijah couldn't hide the smile on her lips. She had dug up some of the relationships between the Crossroads Foundation and many non-mainstream religious sects in Florida. Combined with the true and false rumors, it was enough to make Jeff Lavin busy.
"In addition to helping Cuban citizens build their communities, you also support the prison-emptying campaign initiated by our governor, right? The goal is to send those death row inmates to the electric chair as quickly as possible. But as far as I know, with the support of you and your husband, the Florida Attorney General, the governor has executed 14 death row inmates this year. Nine of them are black, and the rest are white. Excuse me, is it that there are no Cubans in our prisons? Or have the Cubans already suffered from Castro's torture? How can you bear to let them die again in America, this paradise?" Jeff Lavin stared at Ileana Letty with sparkling eyes and asked in an aggressive tone.
Ileana Letty was slightly stunned, then she couldn't help but smile. She felt that Jeff's move was too unfamiliar. He suddenly jumped from CANF to death row prisoners. It was too naive to try to catch her off guard with such an abrupt change of topic. Her campaign team had predicted in the plan before running for the election that the Democrats would definitely use this issue to attack her.
After all, it is true that none of the fourteen death row inmates is of Cuban descent, but this is not Ileana Letty's problem at all. It can only be said that Cubans are not as brutal as blacks and whites at present. You know, in free Florida, being sentenced to death by a court is much more difficult than killing someone with your own hands. The files of the fourteen death row inmates, just picking up one and reading it out, can make the listeners shudder and feel furious. Those death row criminals deserve it.
It's impossible that just to execute a few black death row inmates, she would have to find a few Cuban minor offenders, upgrade their cabins, and let them go to hell with the black death row inmates to demonstrate racial equality.
"You need to be more rational, Mr. Lavin. Their death sentences were decided after a fair trial under American law. It is useless for you to question me. If my Cuban compatriot committed a crime that was sentenced to death, I would hope that he would be executed more than you do. I will not favor any Cuban compatriot because of race." Ileana Letty said seriously: "You can attack me, question me, and criticize me, but I think that if you really believe that America is great, you'd better believe that American laws are fair, regardless of race or wealth."
Tommy watched Ileana Letty on TV say these words calmly, holding his glass and said calmly, "That woman fell into the trap. I've watched her previous fifty speeches and I know she won't miss this opportunity to praise the justice of the American judiciary. Martin, right now, when this Cuban woman says that the American law is just, regardless of race, regardless of wealth or poverty, hit her Cuban tits hard and ask Jeff to say that name louder, and by the way, interfere and cut off the woman's signal, so that she can shut up and concentrate on listening."
"The stock price of the technology company you invested in to develop this thing has tripled. Everyone thinks you are playing politics, but in fact you let politicians pay to buy your stock." Martin sighed speechlessly, and then gave Jeff debate prompts according to the prepared manuscript.
Actually, Martin didn't know about the stock prices of technology companies before. It was after the Democratic primary that Sophia called Tommy and mentioned that the stock prices of technology companies had risen sharply. He happened to be there. Only then did he know that Tommy deliberately used Stephen and Bill's connections, as well as Jeff's performance in the primary, to publicize the technological content of his own products on a small scale. Martin didn't know how much the stock price had risen, but he felt that his boss Tommy should have made a lot of money by cashing out, and the smile on his face was much brighter than usual.
Soon, Jeff, who was reminded by Martin, spoke loudly: "American law is fair, regardless of race, regardless of wealth. It's ridiculous for you to say this, Ma'am, Orlando Bosh! Do you remember this name? You are not worthy of blaspheming the word law. Let me tell you what this lady who talked about eliminating racial discrimination in the 18th District and helping Cuban compatriots and people of color to improve their living environment did. Orlando Bosh, this name may be unfamiliar to everyone. After all, more than ten years have passed. Thirteen years ago, the murderer of the bombing of Cuban Flight 455 was a Cuban. He personally installed a bomb on the plane, killing all 73 people on board. Some people may say, was it Castro on the plane, an assassination of Castro?"
"No, there was no Castro. The dead included 57 Cubans, 24 of whom were athletes from the Cuban fencing team who had just won the gold medal at the Caribbean Youth Championship. Sixteen of them were teenagers under the age of 18, and the remaining Cubans were officials from the sports department. The dead also included 11 Guyanese passengers and five North Koreans, all of whom were photographers, doctors, and even the wife of a young official from the Guyana Embassy in Cuba. She was pregnant and had gone to Cuba to visit her husband."
"After installing the bomb at the Trinidad airport, the murderer fled to Venezuela, claiming to be a Cuban revolutionary exile who opposed Castro, hoping that Venezuela would shelter him and hand him over to the United States. Do you know what the Venezuelan judge asked when he heard the murderer claim to be a Cuban revolutionary? The upright judge asked him, so Cuban revolutionaries don't dare to assassinate Castro, but only dare to use bloody means to massacre ordinary people? In Venezuela, such revolutionaries are called murderers, thugs, and terrorists."
"Venezuela did not hand him over to the United States, but insisted on sentencing him to a serious crime and imprisoning him in a Venezuelan prison. Why did the organization CANF come into being? Because private foundations can do many things that are inconvenient for national governments to do, such as bringing Orlando Bosh, an anti-human bastard identified as a terrorist by the CIA and the Department of Justice, to the United States. Fellow Cuban citizens, yes, you heard it right. The murderer who didn't have the courage to assassinate Castro but killed 24 Cuban sports geniuses was safely brought back to the United States by our Ms. Ileana Letty last year. When the United States wanted to deport him, she, her husband, and CANF launched an extensive lobbying campaign. You can find out for yourself who the lobbying targets are. I can only say that the murderer named Orlando Bosh has obtained a US green card and is currently living in Miami."
When Jeff was roaring loudly, Ileana Letty was trying hard to get a response from the in-ear communicator, but unfortunately, it seemed that the signal was interfered. There was only a noisy sound of electricity and no response. She never expected that Jeff Lavin would mention Orlando Bosh. Last year, she and CANF secretly arranged for Orlando Bosh to settle in the United States. You know, in order to solve the whole thing , they gave President Bush's son Jeb Bush a huge amount of money and even gave him many honorary titles before persuading the other party to help persuade President Bush to veto the US Department of Justice's decision to deport him and give Orlando Bosh US residency. Afterwards, CANF also donated a large sum of money to several related foundations of the US Department of Justice to ensure that the whole thing did not attract any attention, just like an ordinary Cuban persecuted person getting a US green card, quietly.
There was no way a fucking Miami plumber could have known this!
The most important thing is that the plumber did not reveal that his lobbying target was Jeb Bush, which would have attracted reporters to dig frantically, and it was only a matter of time before the truth was revealed! But Jeff Lavine, who did not reveal the other party, does not need to bear any responsibility!
Not to mention that the communicator is malfunctioning now, even if the communicator is restored to normal, Ileana Letty is no longer in the mood to debate with Jeff. Once this matter is exposed, reporters and the media will definitely investigate. Before a more detailed and professional investigation report is released, one of the four parties, the president, the judiciary, CANF and herself, must be pushed out as a sacrifice. Who else can that sacrifice be except herself? Either he will bear everything and lose his future, or he will die by suicide and the case will be closed for investigation.
She could no longer maintain her elegance. She stared with wide eyes in shock at the plumber whom she had never looked down upon before. At this moment, Jeff continued to talk to the microphone, and his tone of questioning became increasingly cold:
"It seems that CANF and you have extended more than just a helping hand to the 57 Cuban compatriots who died on Cuba Flight 455. You have helped those Cuban children a lot, allowing them to go directly to heaven without suffering in this world. You are really kind, Ms. Letty."
"The murderer Orlando Bosh is much more tragic. After sending so many innocent compatriots to heaven, he took the initiative to come to the United States, where racial discrimination is serious. Maybe he is watching the live debate on TV with a piece of popcorn right now. Hello, Orlando, you'd better pray that I will not be elected. Otherwise, the first thing I will do when I am elected is to urge the judicial department to deport you, so that you won't cause another explosion in the 18th District and help other Cuban-American citizens go to heaven."
"Ms. Let's go back to the original question. Why were nine black people and five white people sent to the electric chair, but a Cuban terrorist got a U.S. green card with your help? Are you sure you really believe what you said, that American law has nothing to do with race or wealth?"
"Remember what you said just now? If your Cuban compatriot committed a crime sentenced to death, you would hope that he would be executed more than I do. I and the Cuban voters and non-Cuban voters in front of the TV are all waiting for your answer. Orlando Bosh, who killed 57 Cuban compatriots, you will definitely not favor him by using the sympathy of the United States to help him lobby for a pardon as a persecuted Cuban and then give him a green card. Ms. Letty, who is willing to lend a helping hand to your compatriots?"
