Posted on 07/21/2021 11:52:20 AM PDT by USA Conservative
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three other House Democrats affiliated with the far-left Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have so far remained silent while the DSA appears to back Cuba’s communist regime against protesters demanding freedom.
Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, and Missouri Rep. Cori Bush make up the four DSA members in Congress. All four members have yet to speak out about the ongoing protests in Cuba.
AOC tried to explain why she only blames the US embargo for what’s happening in Cuba
The result was catastrophic!
“I think it’s disappointing that Republicans are trying to make this about them, and not centering on human rights violations of Cubans and what’s happening to the Cuban people,” Ocasio-Cortez said on Tuesday after speaking at a news conference where Democrats called for the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps.
“Right now, like, what we need to do is urgently support human rights, the right for free speech, the right for protest, and not try to vaguely allude to the possibility of U.S. intervention and regime change,” she added.
Ocasio-Cortez responded to members of her party arguing that the economic problems in Cuba, which is led by a communist regime, are about much more than sanctions.
“This issue is, it’s not just one facet, but where the U.S. has historically been the most aggressive in and where, we, you know, in bringing up the embargo you’re pointing to the U.S. role and U.S. actions because if you leave that gaping opening, my concern is that people are trying to lay the groundwork for regime change,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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Even Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, broke his silence on the Cuban protests in a late-night tweet Monday that urged the Cuban government to “refrain from violence” while criticizing the U.S. for its embargo.
Sanders and his young “students” even after watching what communism is doing to Cuba, still openly support the regime!
she said this now: “Right now, like, what we need to do is urgently support human rights, the right for free speech, the right for protest, and not try to vaguely allude to the possibility of U.S. intervention and regime change,” she added.
But her initial comments were vaguely alluding to US embargo caused all of this which is just about exactly what she said we shouldnt be doing now.
Must be nice to have the media in your corner.
Hat tip to pookie18
Unfortunately, she uses her free speech too much.
Even if it were true, the embargo is justified due to the tyrannical nature of the Cuban government.
AOC was a lousy bartender. That’s her qualification to be in congress. What does that say about the stupid $hits that voted for her?
Her speech is NOT free; it could cost people their lives!
Why does a communist worker’s paradise, need to trade and deal with an “evil” capitalist country such as the US?
If communism is such a superior system of organizing the economy and structure of society and government, why do such regimes have any need of dealing with the “evil” capitalist world, in order to survive themselves?
Cuba as it exists today was formed in 1959. That's 60 years. Their current government is on its last legs.
The only bartender who had to write down the recipe for a rum and coke.
She makes me want to vomit. It’s not just that she’s so clueless about reality. It’s that she fervently believes the drivel she spouts.
So Cuba needs the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I'm surprised AOC is arguing for those reforms.
Just remember. She is the best and brightest in her district.
She had to write down the recipe for ice and coke.
AOC was a lousy bartender. That’s her qualification to be in congress.
In congress, stealing from the tip jar is a qualification.
You give her too much credit.
She also had trouble with Rum and Coke
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