If his bizarre performance during the first Democratic debate wasn’t enough to solidify Bill De Blasio’s likely destiny as one of the first to drop out of the Presidential race, his comments on Thursday should seal the deal. The often ridiculed NYC Mayor was forced on Thursday to apologize after quoting Communist revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara during a rally with striking Miami airport workers, according to the Daily Mail.
De Blasio said at the rally: “We’re going to stand up and fight for every one of you, because in Miami-Dade we need to do something that we have to do all over this country: We have to put working people first.”
And then, quoting Guevara, he shouted: “Hasta la victoria siempre!” The line translates to “Until victory, always!” and was a favorite of Guevara, an ally and adviser to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
The article notes that while many on the left view Guevara as an “icon of liberal chic”, history tells another tale: he was “a ruthless figure who ordered Cuban prisoners at the La Cabaña Fortress executed without trial.”
De Blasio Tweeted an apology on Thursday: “I did not know the phrase I used in Miami today was associated with Che Guevara & I did not mean to offend anyone who heard it that way,’ he wrote. ‘I certainly apologize for not understanding that history. I only meant it as a literal message to the striking airport workers that I believed they would be victorious in their strike.”
I only meant it as a literal message to the striking airport workers that I believed they would be victorious in their strike- BdB. (2/2)
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 27, 2019
Naturally, Republicans had a field day with his comments:
Meanwhile, De Blasio’s debate performance was so underwhelming that he is now listed below Mark Zuckerberg, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Oprah Winfrey as the potential Democratic nominee, according to PredictIt.org.
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