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Bernie Sanders defends Fidel Castro's socialist Cuba: 'Unfair to simply say everything is bad'
Fox News ^ | February 23, 2020 | Vandana Rambaran

Posted on 02/23/2020 6:49:34 PM PST by karpov

Sen. Bernie Sanders, the frontrunner for the Democrats' presidential nomination, doubled down on his support for some of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's policies, saying in an interview that aired Sunday, "it's unfair to simply say everything is bad."

Speaking to CBS News' "60 Minutes," Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, pointed to social welfare programs introduced under Castro's regime that he described as redeeming, despite the communist dictator's often repressive human-rights violations against Cubans.

"We're very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba but you know, it's unfair to simply say everything is bad. You know? When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? Even though Fidel Castro did it?" Sanders told Anderson Cooper.

Fidel Castro relinquished power to his brother, Raúl, in 2011; Fidel died in 2016.

Some Republicans jumped on Sanders' comments. "It really makes a difference when those you murder at the firing squad can read & write," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tweeted.

In a resurfaced speech given at the University of Vermont in 1986, Sanders praised the socialist policies implemented in Cuba by the Castro regime and criticized bipartisan efforts in the U.S. to tamp down on Castro's spread of communism.

While Sanders said in the new interview he "condemns" any human rights violations Castro committed, he also took aim at President Trump for his unlikely friendships with some dictators or strongman leaders, including North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin

"I do not think that Kim Jong Un is a good friend," Sanders said. "I don't trade love letters with a murdering dictator. Vladimir Putin, not a great friend of mine."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2020; 60minutes; bernie; berniesanders; castro; communist; cuba; fidelcastro; sanders
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To: karpov

So why isn’t Bernie living in Cuba? Maybe he could assume the throne after Raoul....??


41 posted on 02/23/2020 7:36:26 PM PST by 4integrity
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To: karpov
Yougov comes out with first post-debate poll. Sample size is 10x the previous yougov poll. Relative to previous yougov poll, Sanders up 4 points, Warren up 3 points, Bloomberg up 1 point, Biden down 1 point. Bottom line - yougov keeps favoring Warren (in contrast with the other polls, which have shown her support stuck at just over 10%), continues raising its Sanders numbers in line with the other polls.

Polling Data

Poll Date Sample
Sanders
Biden
Bloomberg
Warren
Buttigieg
Klobuchar
Steyer
Gabbard
Spread
RCP Average 2/13 - 2/22 -- 29.3 17.2 15.3 13.2 9.8 6.3 2.2 1.4 Sanders +12.1
CBS News/YouGov 2/20 - 2/22 6498 LV 28 17 13 19 10 5 2 1 Sanders +9
ABC News/Wash Post 2/14 - 2/17 408 RV 32 16 14 12 8 7 2 1 Sanders +16
Emerson 2/16 - 2/18 573 LV 29 22 14 12 8 6 3 4 Sanders +7
Economist/YouGov 2/16 - 2/18 555 LV 24 18 12 16 11 7 2 2 Sanders +6
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 2/14 - 2/17 426 LV 27 15 14 14 13 7 2 1 Sanders +12
SurveyUSA 2/13 - 2/17 1022 LV 29 18 18 10 12 4 2 -- Sanders +11
NPR/PBS/Marist 2/13 - 2/16 527 RV 31 15 19 12 8 9 2 0 Sanders +12
The Hill/HarrisX 2/14 - 2/15 449 RV 22 19 18 12 10 5 3 0 Sanders +3
Morning Consult 2/12 - 2/17 15974 RV 28 19 20 10 12 6 3 2 Sanders +8
Economist/YouGov 2/9 - 2/11 552 LV 22 18 12 15 10 7 1 4 Sanders +4

42 posted on 02/23/2020 7:37:04 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Fidel Sanders”


43 posted on 02/23/2020 7:39:10 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: karpov

Why don’t you and the other commies live there then Bernie?


44 posted on 02/23/2020 7:48:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: karpov

He’s not wrong.

But I can guarantee you two things:

1) He thinks things are fine there that most of us don’t.

2) He has no self awareness that the principle he states applies to capitalism in general, and to the modern United States in particular.


45 posted on 02/23/2020 7:51:29 PM PST by sourcery (Non Aquiesco: "I do not consent" (Latin))
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To: Secret Agent Man

It is truly unfortunate that none of them ever move to the Socialist Paradises. Instead, they want to create the Socialist Paradise here.

It’s one of the great mysteries of the universe.


46 posted on 02/23/2020 7:55:39 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: karpov

It so GREAT, Bernie should buy a house in Cuba and live there. Cuba has excellent healthcare for the elderly - it is to die for. /s


47 posted on 02/23/2020 7:57:10 PM PST by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well thenloe is because they want to liberate peoples here.

The truth is they want to be in power in the inner party here, they can’t go down there and just walk in and expect to run things.


48 posted on 02/23/2020 7:57:35 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

America could have said FU Stalin and told him after WWII that his Reds can immediately go back to their mother country but we gave Stalin mostly everything he could ever dream of.That SOB Kennedy could have eliminated that bastard Castro but balked. There are consequences in all parts of history. Now we have this POS COMMUNIST who very well may become our next PRESIDENT!!!!!


49 posted on 02/23/2020 8:01:16 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: karpov
The UN says that Cuba is the most eco friendly country on Earth. So, there's that.

When you don't have anything, you recycle everything... Oh, and it's America's fault.

50 posted on 02/23/2020 8:10:00 PM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: karpov

Re: While Sanders said in the new interview he “condemns” any human rights violations Castro committed,.....

So exactly when did Bernie even begin to condemn human rights violations of his beloved comrade Castro or any other beloved communist dictator?When he runs for president and has to sound slightly more moderate.


51 posted on 02/23/2020 8:10:14 PM PST by Nevadan
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Bolshevik Bernie is right. After all, don’t forget that he didn’t kill, torture, maim or imprison everyone in Cuba. Ya gotta give that to Fidel.


52 posted on 02/23/2020 8:10:30 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: shanover

Joe McCarthy was a prophet.


53 posted on 02/23/2020 8:11:04 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: karpov

Mussolini made the trains run on time.

Hitler built the Autobahn.

Stalin had the best food lines.


54 posted on 02/23/2020 8:11:20 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: karpov

Your doing great Bernie, keep kicking the libtards in the crotch!


55 posted on 02/23/2020 8:12:46 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: karpov

https://youtu.be/Fz6VJK3mS08
Excellent video by Turning Point USA on Cuba: Everything You’ve Ever Seen About Cuba is a Lie


56 posted on 02/23/2020 8:15:10 PM PST by Nevadan
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To: cableguymn

And the 1960s automobiles are in Great shape!


57 posted on 02/23/2020 8:18:15 PM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: karpov

There is that DEMOCRAT word you always hear....

*** UNFAIR ***

If they do not like something, it is unfair...


58 posted on 02/23/2020 8:18:39 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: karpov

“He had a massive literacy program.”

Isn’t that just another word for having schools?


59 posted on 02/23/2020 8:22:27 PM PST by Cedar
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To: karpov

... and the Moscow girls make me sing and shout.


60 posted on 02/23/2020 8:29:30 PM PST by plain talk
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