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U.S. politicians back Cuba protesters as State Department calls for “calm”
Tre’Vaughn Howard 2 hrs ago
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Thousands of people took to the streets on Sunday in the biggest protests against Cuba’s communist government in decades. The demonstrations came amid one of the worst economic crises the country has faced, and as it struggles to fight rising COVID-19 cases.

Cuba continues to suffer from the impact of a decades-old U.S. trade embargo, and more targeted sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, which the Biden administration has left in place. Senior State Department official Julie Chung tweeted support for Sunday’s protesters, but her initial message suggesting the anger in Cuba was only “about rising COVID cases/deaths,” drew a quick rebuke from Florida’s Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a prominent voice in the large, politically powerful Cuban-American community in the U.S.

Rubio blasted Chung’s first tweet as “ridiculous,” saying the protests in Cuba “are not simply because of COVID,” and added a jab at President Joe Biden: “It’s now 10:15pm, and still nothing from @JoeBiden.”

Many in the Cuban American and broader Latin American communities want the White House to stick with the tough stance adopted by Mr. Biden’s predecessor.

“We stand by the Cuban people’s right for peaceful assembly,” Chung said. “We call for calm and condemn any violence.”

Many members of Miami’s Cuban American community and other supporters took to the streets on Sunday in South Florida to show solidarity with the Cuban anti-government protesters.

The demonstrations in Miami drew an outpouring of support from local leaders, including the Miami-Dade Mayor, Senator Rubio, and congressional representatives from several districts.

The collective Florida Democrats account belittled the Cuban government as “nothing more than a failed tyranny,” while expressing support for the anti-government protesters: “We stand with the Cuban people as they raise their voices in protest of a repressive government that refuses to help its people.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cuba-protest-us-reaction-marco-rubio-joe-biden-miami/

....so when will, the Florida Democrats be sent to re-education camp?