When it comes to foreign interference in U.S. elections, Democrats and the media put all their focus on Russia. Little attention is paid to China’s attempts to corrupt America’s elections and practically none is paid to Cuba, which despite its small size, its influence operations are quite widespread and comprehensive.
China, Russia and Cuba are looking to sway voters in down-ballot races across the country, according to U.S. intelligence officials sharing their new assessment with reporters on Monday.
“The intelligence community assesses that some foreign actors, particularly Russia, China and Cuba, are supporting or denigrating candidates involved in congressional, state and local races,” an intelligence official said. “To determine which candidates to support or oppose, foreign actors evaluate how they think an individual candidate’s foreign policy positions affect their own national security interests.”
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, provided scant details on the scale of the attempted meddling but indicated that American officials observed that Russia’s targeting was broader than Cuba, which took a narrower approach.
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[Cuba] demonstrated an interest in affecting voters’ minds about some down-ballot races.
“Cuba, for example, probably views this year’s election as consequential, and Havana almost certainly has considered influence operations targeting some candidates,” an intelligence official said. “Havana may be, as it has done in previous cycles, trying to curry favor from congressional and subnational politicians that it believes would support its preferred policies.”
After the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. intelligence community published a detailed assessment of the nations’ actions to influence voters.
Some of the activity included efforts to denigrate or promote various candidates online, particularly through social media.
They also have attempted to manipulate media outlets into carrying out their influence campaigns intended to dupe Americans.
For example, the intelligence community’s assessment published in December 2023 said Cuba “sought to identify and establish relationships with members of the U.S. media who held critical views of members of Congress.”
It’s interesting how the media and Democrats (if there is a distinction) pay no attention to communist Cuba’s attempts to interfere in U.S. elections. Perhaps they don’t see the Castro dictatorship as an enemy but as an ally.
Dems will never do right by Cuba but rather the opposite, and Republicans (even Bush, who owed the presidency to the Cuban vote) will do little more than lip service. In other words, forget it.