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THE CUBAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS FURIOUS WITH KHLOE KARDASHIAN
FOR TAKING A PHOTO WERE SHE WAS IN CUBA WITH A MONUMENT
AND WALL THAT WAS WRITTEN WITH FIDEL CASTRO ON IT. JUST
FIDEL AS YOU CAN SEE.
THEY ARE UPSET BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT IS INSENSITIVE TO THE
FACT THAT FIDEL CASTRO IS A DICTATOR, HE DESTROYED THE LIVES
OF SO MANY CUBANS, AND I COULD UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITIES TO
IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE FIDEL
AND THEN A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM IN THE SAME PICTURE.
YOU CAN TAKE IT AS AN ARGUMENT OF A SLAP ACROSS
THE FACE TO CASTRO.
YOU COULD.
IF KHLOE KARDASHIAN WAS SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT, SHE
COULD OF SPUN THE STORY IN THAT WAY, BUT SHE DIDN'T.
SHE HASN'T RELEASED ANY STATEMENTS, BUT HERE'S
ANOTHER PART OF THE STORY THAT I REALLY WANT TO BRING TO
EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. I GET IT. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND
WHY PEOPLE WOULD BE SENSITIVE TO THAT PHOTO, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, IF YOU SAT HER DOWN AND TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH HER ABOUT THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT DID
TO SOME CUBANS, DO YOU THINK SHE WOULD HAVE ANY IDEA? DO
YOU THINK SHE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY TO BE INSENSITIVE?
NO. SHE HAD NO IDEA.
THAT WAS SOMETHING SHE DID UNWITTINGLY.
SHE DOES A LOT OF THINGS UNWITTINGLY.
I HAD THE GREAT MISFORTUNE OF WATCHING KEEPING UP WITH THE
KARDASHIANS ON THE PLANE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRAVELING, AND THEY
HAVE THE TV RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE. I THOUGHT, LET ME
CHECK OUT
WHAT THIS THING IS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLY VAPID. I LITERALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S NOT GOOD?
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I DON'T WATCH REALITY SHOWS.
HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
THAT'S TRUE. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THAT.
THE WHOLE SHOW IS ABOUT THEM.
OH MY GOD, LIKE, I WAS SO OFFENDED WHEN SUSIE OR
SALLY DID THAT.
AND THE OTHER ONE'S LIKE OH YEAH, TOTALLY.
AND THEN WHEN SHE'S NOT AROUND. SHE'S LIKE CAN YOU BELIEVE KHLOE
DID THAT?
THEY TALK BEHIND HER BACK, AND THEY ALL PRETEND LIKE
THEY'RE NOT ON TV.
LIKE THEY'LL SAY LIKE, I DON'T WANT ME MOM FINDING OUT.
THERE'S A CAMERA RIGHT THERE! I KNOW.
WHAT YOU MEAN YOU DON'T YOUR MOM FINDING OUT? SHE'S
GOING TO WATCH IT ON TV.
PEOPLE WATCH THAT.
THEY ARE LIKE JACKASSES AND GO YEAH, I HOPE HER MOM
DOESN'T FIND OUT. ANYWAY, DON'T TAKE THESE PEOPLE TOO
SERIOUSLY, BUT OF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE OUTRAGED.
LET'S GO TO THE OUTRAGE AND THEN WE'LL DEBUNK IT.
SO ACCORDING TO PEOPLE, A SLEW OF FOLLOWERS CALLED THE
31-YEAR-OLD IGNORANT, WHICH IS TRUE, AND INSENSITIVE, WHILE
OTHERS DEMANDED SHE TAKE DOWN THE PHOTO. IN FACT,
REPRESENTATIVES, OUR LAWMAKERS ARE RESPONDING TO THIS, MOST OF
WHICH ARE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. ONE
REPRESENTATIVE SAID ANOTHER DAY IN CUBA SEEMS TO BRING ANOTHER
SELFIE IN HAVANA FOR THE KARDASHIANS. IF CHLOE IS
TAKING PHOTOS WITH THE WORD FIDEL, SHE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST
HAD SOME AWARENESS THAT FIDEL WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED THE
SHOW SHE'S ON. HE WOULD HAVE. I DON'T KNOW SHE IS
AWARE OF THAT, BUT AGAIN, SHE IS NOT AWARE OF MUCH.
AM I BEING RUDE OR CRUEL?
NO, OF COURSE NOT. NOW THAT I WATCHED THEM TALK FOR FIVE
MINUTES, I THOUGHT AND I REALIZED WE'VE BEEN OVERLY
GENEROUS TO THEM THROUGHOUT. THE PERSON WHO IS REALLY AT
FAULT
HERE IS ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN. THAT IS THE
CUBAN-AMERICAN REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR FROM DOWN IN FLORIDA
BUT SHE IS A US CONGRESSWOMAN. SHE IS A PART OF THE REPUBLICAN
OBSTRUCTIONISM THAT MAKES SURE WE DON'T PASS ANY LAWS. RIGHT
NOW
WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT A SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, WE'RE NOT PASSING
ANY LAWS,
GOOD, I'M GLAD SHE'S OFFENDED.
IN THIS CASE, SHE IS TOO BUSY TO PASS ANY LAWS, BUT IF
THE KARDASHIANS ARE DOING SOMETHING, SHE IS ON IT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY?
IT IS BECAUSE SHE IS SPEAKING TO HER CONSTITUENTS. HER
CONSTITUENTS ARE CUBAN-AMERICANS THAT *** HATE CASTRO.
IF SHE IS GOING TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THIS, EASY WAY TO WIN
BROWNIE POINTS ALONG YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
LET'S ADJUDICATE. I GET IT, AND I HAVE NEVER WON A CHE
GUEVARA
SHIRT EVEN THOUGH I HAD - MAN THEN PEOPLE TAKE THIS OUT OF
CONTEXT ñ
DON'T SAY IT THEN.
I THINK THAT THE SHIRT LOOKS COOL. HE LOOKS LIKE A BAD ***.
HE HAS A BERET ON, HE'S THE ONLY GUY WHO HAS EVER PULLED OFF A
BERET WELL AND HE'S GOT THE FLOWING HAIR AND THE THING. A
LOT OF REVOLUTIONARY SHIRTS ARE ON. THE SHIRTS LOOK COOL, AND
THE POSTERS LOOK COOL, BUT I KNOW WHAT HE DID AND I KNOW HE
KILLED
A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT IS NOT THE MAN TO CELEBRATE. I HAVE
NEVER HAD THOSE POSTERS OR WORN THOSE SHIRTS. I GET WHY YOU
SHOULDN'T DO IT. THAT'S WHY I DON'T DO IT.
CHE GUEVARA IS NOT A GOOD GUY? OH BOY GOT A COUPLE OF
THINGS TO THE FIX AFTER THIS.
SHOULD YOU MAKE A NATIONAL CASE ñ SHE IS LITERALLY MAKING A
FEDERAL CASE OUT OF THIS.
SHE TOOK A PICTURE WITH THE WORD FIDEL NEXT TO IT. BY
THE WAY, TO HER CREDIT, SHE LOOKED GOOD IN THAT.
THEY SAID TO MAKE A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF THIS AND SHE
SAID COUNTY?
THAT'S A REALLY COOL LOOKING PICTURE.
AND THAT IS A BANGING NUDE COLOR DRESS AND THAT IS A
BRILLIANT JACKET WITH A FLOPPY HAT.
JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HATE HER FOR TAKING A PICTURE DOESN'T
MEAN WE THINK FIDEL CASTRO IS A GOOD GUY. WE KNOW HE IS NOT. WE
KNOW HE KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HE PREVENTED FREEDOM IN CUBA
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. JIMMY TAKE A NOTE ON THAT. FIDEL, NOT
GOOD. THERE ARE REAL THINGS YOU CAN GET OFFENDED ABOUT.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO GET OFFENDED.
THAT IS SUCH ***. I'M A LITTLE UPSET ABOUT THAT.
HOW DARE YOU PUT ME IN WITH THOSE PEOPLE. I AM NOT
LOOKING TO GET OFFENDED.
SORRY JIMMY, FOR HAVING CAUSED OFFENSE TO YOU BY
PUTTING YOU IN WITH THOSE PEOPLE. GUYS, THERE ARE A LOT
OF SUPER
IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE WORLD. DON'T DISTRACT FROM THEM BY
TALKING ABOUT NONSENSE. KHLOE BY TAKING THAT PICTURE DID NOT
EMPOWER THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AWAY FREEDOMS FROM PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE PEOPLE IN CUBA ARE GOING TO SEE THAT
PICTURE
AND THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK FIDEL WAS RIGHT.
TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE STORY THAT ACTUALLY IS REALLY
INTERESTING. VICE DID THIS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CUBA, ABOUT
THE YOUTH IN CUBA THAT WAS SO INTERESTING. IT'S ON HBO SO YOU
SHOULD CHECK IT OUT IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT, THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT
HOW THE YOUTH IN CUBA IS SO OBSESSED WITH AMERICAN CULTURE
AND THEY HAD THIS UNDERGROUND VERSION OF INTERNET THERE
WHERE THEY BASICALLY PASS OUT FLASH DRIVES AND USBS TO ONE
ANOTHER.
UNDER NET.
THE UNTERNET.
IN ORDER TO GET ACCESS TO THE SAME POP CULTURE THAT WE
HAVE ACCESS TO HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE CUBA.
OPENING THOSE BORDERS, THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE CUBA.
THEY WANT AMERICAN CULTURE SO BADLY.
THEY WANT CAPITALISM SO BADLY.
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIGHT THE CASTROS.
LIKE AND YOU JUST SAY THE OPPOSITE.
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. WHAT SHE'S DOING IS LOOK, HE
LOST, WE ARE WINNING.
WE'RE HERE NOW AND IT'S OVER.
I THINK THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THE PICTURE GLORIFIES AND
CELEBRATES HIM.
I UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITIES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
IGNORE THE IDIOTS LIKE THE KARDASHIANS AND FOCUS ON
WHAT RELATIONS BETWEEN CUBA AND AMERICA WILL DO EVENTUALLY.