A billboard off the Palmetto Expressway compares Donald Trump to Fidel Castro.
A new billboard in South Florida compares former President Donald Trump to the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, and some residents feel strongly about the visual.
"No to dictators — no to Trump," the billboard — located off the Palmetto Expressway near Northwest 67th Avenue — says in Spanish. Trump and Fidel are face-to-face on each side of the massive red display.
"No no no, who paid for that?" one resident said as she observed the sign. "They're two different things, completely different things."
"It's disrespectful to Cuba, to Cubans, to Trump, especially to this country, too," another woman said. "There's no comparison [between the two]."
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One man agreed with the comparison, and responded sarcastically to differing opinions.
"I think he's a dictator, but people here like him and they elect him," he said.
The billboard is paid for by Mad Dog PAC, a political action committee openly committed to stopping Trump as his poll numbers steadily rise. They're known for putting up anti-Trump billboards in several states, mostly in the Midwest.
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"I think it's very fair to compare Donald Trump, who, in his wildest dreams, he aspires to be a Fidel Castro. He wants to be another dictator and just as evil as Fidel Castro was," said Claude Taylor, the founder of the PAC.
This is the PAC's first Spanish billboard, and they said it won't be the last.
Trump's Hispanic Communications Director, Jaime Florez, said their camp is not surprised by the sign.
"It's another sign of the desperation of President Biden's campaign, and of the Democratic Party, that are realizing that they've flat-out failed with Hispanics," Florez said. "If there's someone that's showed us that he doesn't have any interest in being a dictator, it's President Trump, who already was president of the United States."
Still others, although they didn't agree with the comparison, did not find the billboard offensive, saying it showcased "democracy."
"I think it's wrong, but it's pure democracy, freedom of expression. I even find it funny. That's what democracy is about, and in the meantime, let's have some fun," one man said.
