Posted on 08/02/2020 2:54:52 PM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Karen Bass on Sunday walked back 2016 comments praising Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as scrutiny of her views toward the Communist government threatened her potential selection as former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate.
On “Fox News Sunday,“ the California Democrat faced questions about several visits to Cuba in the 1970s and a statement she released after Castro's 2016 death saying, "the passing of the Comandante en Jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba.”
Bass told Fox host Chris Wallace that her perspective "developed over time" and that she now understood that the Castro government "was a brutal regime." Bass said she spoke with colleagues from Florida who raised concerns about her comments and that she "would not do that again, for sure."
"I absolutely would have not put that statement out," she said.
Scrutiny of Bass, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, has grown in recent days as she has emerged as a top contender to be Biden's pick for vice president on the Democratic ticket.
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No do-overs, Karen. Don’t you see people being cancelled every day for things they said YEARS ago? And it’s YOUR side doing the cancelling. Don’t make us respect you even less(?) than we already do.
Welcome Home.
Y’all can’t forgive Kavanaugh for something he didn’t even do and now you want forgiveness for praising a despot? Really? Hello, Karen? I can’t hear you.
She’s sorry that being a Large-Mouthed Bass has a downside, not for what she said and still believes. The Dem ticket has already filled its slot for an ignorant idiot.
Bass it is then. The perfect storm for Democrats, they get to install a nominee too far left to win the nomination even today, and if Biden wins shes almost guaranteed to become president when they throw Biden under the bus 2 months after he is inaugurated.
God these people can lie!!!!!!
With all the Karen memes, this is just handing the Trump team an additional 5% of the vote. Sincerely hope that she is Biden’s VEEP pick. This is going to be an epic election.
This doesn’t matter. She is not an attractive woman. As much as American likes to think it...we elect attractive people. Barack Obama, good looking guy. Bush—both of them, pure WASPY-preppy good looks. Reagan, very good looking man—as is Trump.
Bass is not only a commie, but she looks like a commie.
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So she is saying that in 2016, she still did not know that Cuba has a totalitarian government? When did she learn the truth? /rhetorical question
“...a statement she released after Castro’s 2016 death...Bass told Fox host Chris Wallace that her perspective “developed over time” and that she now understood that the Castro government “was a brutal regime.”
Assuming their voters are fools has been getting Democrats elected for at least fifty years.
She’s sorry that she got caught, when in reality it’s sorrynotsorry. She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, ie a Commie.
Welcome to the club and to Freerepublic, May! I certainly hope there are many more people out there who have seen the light like you!
Phew...Just in time...not
Once said, how does one “walk it back”?
Wasn’t Fidel treated as a hero in Harlem, when visiting the UN?
Never apologize.
Either you were wrong then. Or you’re wrong now.
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