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AOC Stands with Black Lives Matter on Cuba Turmoil: Says ‘Trump-era Restrictions’ to Blame
Breitbart ^ | 07/16/2021 | Simon Kent

Posted on 07/16/2021 5:55:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blamed the “absurdly cruel” U.S. embargo of Cuba on Thursday for the nation’s turmoil, singling out “Trump-era restrictions” on the socialist state as driving the unrest.

In her first formal statement responding to the protests that have rocked Havana’s Communist dictatorship, the Bronx Congresswoman says she backed the protesters. In a statement posted on Twitter, she then laid out where the blame should be laid:

She said the repressive Havana regime was not the only cause of the island nation’s troubles:

We also must name the U.S. contribution to Cuban suffering: our sixty-year-old embargo. Last month, once again, the U.N. voted overwhelmingly to call on the United States to lift its embargo on Cuba.

The embargo is absurdly cruel and, like too many other U.S. policies targeting Latin Americans, the cruelty is the point. I outright reject the Biden administration’s defense of the embargo. It is never acceptable for us to use cruelty as a point of leverage against every day people.

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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cubans still live in 1959


21 posted on 07/16/2021 7:28:14 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: econjack

She probably took her exams. She has a degree in INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, not Economics. She took a few economics courses. So did I (micro & macro). I have a BS in Engineering and a minor in marketing.

It is not not like so took Integral Eguations or any other higher level math courses. International Relations is one of those degrees similar to Women’s Studies. This is why she was a bartender after graduating from a $60K/year school.


22 posted on 07/16/2021 7:40:29 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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Dummie dumbing…well ok…


23 posted on 07/16/2021 7:41:24 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: econjack

“This is why she was a bartender.”

She also probably looks good in a tight T Shirt and short shorts. The fact is she has a smokin hot body. That is probably how she got ahead in life. I still find it hard to believe that there is not an AOC sex tape floating around the internet somewhere.


24 posted on 07/16/2021 7:45:32 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Poor thing skipped History class to twerk on bars the week Castro was discussed.


25 posted on 07/16/2021 8:00:30 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

But she’s sooo hot. Really?


26 posted on 07/16/2021 8:06:42 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Communism is parasitic! COMMUNISM IS UNSUSTAINABLE! AOC is a stupid shill.


27 posted on 07/16/2021 8:07:14 AM PDT by Lopeover (Biden & Harris are illegitimate.)
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To: Stravinsky

Lifting the embargo will not help Regular Cubans. Those dollars only go to Government officials who will decide whom to reward and who to punish.
PS. Tourist currency is not the same currency used by Cuban citizens.


28 posted on 07/16/2021 8:11:04 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos.)
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To: Stravinsky

PSS Cuba has their own vaccine they are trying to sell. Think they’ll accept a “Capitalist” jab?

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/9/cuba_covid_19_vaccine_development

How Cuba Beat the Pandemic: From Developing New Vaccines to Sending Doctors Overseas to Help Others
STORYAPRIL 09, 2021

(Talk about Propaganda!)


29 posted on 07/16/2021 8:16:08 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Riiiiight. People protesting the Cuban govt are waving American Flags around because they’re angry with President Trump. Riiiight.


30 posted on 07/16/2021 8:16:09 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“The embargo is absurdly cruel...”

Translation: “Communism would work if only capitalist countries would give them money and stuff.”


31 posted on 07/16/2021 8:24:26 AM PDT by VinnieCCT
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To: Brian Griffin

It isn’t just blacks without reliable transportation. Where we live in the South, there are no subways, commuter trains, buses or taxis. I don’t think we have uber drivers. We don’t have car rental places but you can rent a car at the dealership for a hefty price but you’d need a ride there. We don’t have Walmart vans or Amazon drones dropping purchases at our door. We don’t even have pizza delivery so forget those food deliveries city folk take for granted.

Food deserts? Some entire counties have only 1 or 2 grocery stores. One such county had their only store burn down right at the beginning of the covid lockdown and I caught all kinds of nasty flak from clueless FR folk who have stores on every corner. For decades and long before Trump, our only store has had Venezuelan/Cuban type empty shelves and what it does get is the rotten crap city stores refuse. I’ve had to make something like drug deals with “the guy in the back” just to get frozen fish. Yes, this right here in the middle of the good ol’ USA.

Since the lockdowns, we’ve been driving 4 towns over (no grocery stores closer) to a more reliable store but it still has limits and out of stock items.

How about we fix America’s problems before venturing out to every other country in the world that’s going to spit on us anyway.


32 posted on 07/16/2021 8:46:23 AM PDT by bgill
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To: I want the USA back

The JFK administration.


33 posted on 07/16/2021 8:51:53 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reprobate fits her well.


34 posted on 07/16/2021 8:55:35 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: woodbutcher1963
From Wikipedia:

Ocasio-Cortez graduated cum laude[26] from Boston University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both international relations and economics.[27][28][21][29]

35 posted on 07/16/2021 9:25:16 AM PDT by econjack
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cuba can already trade with the rest of the world so it should be paradise under communism but it is not because of mass murderers like the Castro brothers are in charge.


36 posted on 07/16/2021 9:36:30 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: bgill

#32 You should move north or east or west.... to approach civilization : )


37 posted on 07/16/2021 9:39:57 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: minnesota_bound

Naw, too many people.

We’ve been found so too many people here these days.


38 posted on 07/16/2021 10:02:58 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill

I want to be away from people by at least several hundred feet. As long as I have delivery service and internet then I am ok with just that plus a pontoon boat to go with my lake home : )


39 posted on 07/16/2021 10:21:25 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: econjack

Wikipedia is incorrect.
That was proven to be not correct a couple years ago.
She only has an International Relations degree according to Boston University.

Keep in mind Wikipedia is a very liberal organization and they are not always correct.
For some reason they never changed it.


40 posted on 07/16/2021 10:52:26 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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