Trump cancels deal allowing Major League Baseball to sign Cuban players

[Borealis]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/04/08/trump-administration-cancels-deal-allowing-major-league-baseball-to-sign-cuban-players/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0b254650fff8

The administration said the Cuban Baseball Federation was part of the Cuban government, so the deal, signed in December, was illegal. The announcement came just days after the
federation released the names of 34 players it said were eligible to sign with Major League Baseball.

[Splash Attack]

And there it is, folks.

[little.sparrow]

Absoloute fucking bastards. Cubans fucking love their baseball, there's no reason to do this except for petty racism and/or "obummer did it must go"

[Borealis]

Cuban expats in Florida hate Cuba's government so this might just be him trying to win Florida in 2020, that is if he wasn't also a racist nutcase.

[elix]

He's losing Florida because of how he's treated Puerto Rico, anyway. But then again it's Florida, anything could happen in five minutes.

[Revenge282]

Our politics are like our weather. Rapidly changing and usually unbearably extreme.

[Popular Vote]

If those felons get their voting rights back I can't see any Republican winning Florida

[revengeanomics]

That just makea it a double whammy for Trump.
He must be sleeping right now from the huge victory in his head.

[hops]

*yuge

[Sableye]

Florida will be a race between the dithering old folk of the village who clutch their pearls as they watch fox news and the hordes of displaced puerto ricans who have moved there and are pissed off at trump.

[Xyrofen]

but I thought he liked dictators?

[ThighHighSuccubi]

Cuba isn't opressive enough for his liking unlike China and North Korea

[CyclonatorZ]

Nah, it'll be down to the wire again, especially if the felons can't get their voting rights back before November 2020.

[Jaguar]

The GOP state controlled House is dragging their feet in the mud regarding that. Last I heard, they were mandating felons pay all their court fees before getting their voting rights back.

[CyclonatorZ]

Yes, I am aware about that. That's exactly why I brought it to attention. Because even though it would still be a close vote, the GOP is going to permanently lose Florida as soon as the felons get their voting rights back. The disparity will get even bigger as the baby boomers holding Florida back start to drop like flies.