Posted on 07/12/2021 5:34:10 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is pressing President Joe Biden to lift the sanctions on Cuba that were restored former President Donald Trump.
The House Democrat’s call to lift the sanctions on the communist government would be reinstating the policy that originated under former President Obama.
“I commend these brave protesters and all those demanding respect for democracy anywhere around the world, including here at home, for standing up and making their voices heard. Cubans are facing profound hardship because of the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, the entrenched culture of corruption and mismanagement among Cuba’s leadership, and the strict sanctions callously imposed by the Trump Administration,” Meeks said in a statement.
“Cubans are angry and they have every right to express their frustrations and engage in peaceful protest — basic human freedoms that must be respected, not punished,” Meeks added. “I call on President Biden to help alleviate the suffering in Cuba by rescinding the Trump era sanctions and offering additional humanitarian and vaccine assistance to the Cuban people.”
“I’d try to reverse the failed Trump policies that inflicted harm on Cubans and their families,” Biden said in September 2020. The presidential candidate argued that Trump “has done nothing to advance democracy and human rights; on the contrary, the crackdown on Cubans by the regime has gotten worse under Trump, not better.”
Biden thus far has continued Trump’s policy imposing sanctions. On Monday, Secretary of State Tony Blinken issued a statement that states that Cuba is solely to blame for its disastrous economic conditions.
“I think it would be a grievous mistake for the Cuban regime to interpret what is happening in dozens of towns and cities across the island as the result or product of anything the United States has done,” Blinken said.
“It would be a grievous mistake because it would show that they simply are not hearing the voices and will of the Cuban people. People deeply, deeply, deeply tired of the repression that has gone on for far too long, tired of the mismanagement of the Cuban economy, tired of the lack of adequate food and, of course, an adequate response to the Covid pandemic. That is what we are hearing and seeing in Cuba. And that is a reflection of the Cuban people, not of the United States or any other outside actor.”
However, U.S. media outlets are claiming that it is Trump’s embargo on Cuba that is the reason for the Cuban people’s plight and the subsequent uprising. This is a claim that has been made by the Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee:
https://twitter.com/DSA_Intl_Comm/status/1414400133614145540
DSA stands with the Cuban people and their Revolution in this moment of unrest. End the blockade.
The Biden administration on Monday morning issued a vague statement that appeared to blame COVID for the uprising.
“We stand with the Cuban people as they bravely assert their fundamental and universal rights, and as they all call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering,” Biden’s Twitter statement on Monday said.
But White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted in a press conference it was not even personally issued by Biden.
“We, of course, are monitoring closely, you saw the statement the president — we put out in the president’s name this morning, in his voice of course, conveying his support for the people of Cuba,” Psaki said.
The messaging compounds the problematic statement from a State Department official on Sunday.
The Cuban protesters were shouting the anti-government chant “FREEDOM!”
Marxist are gonna want to help Marxist.
Ironically, by blaming Trump for something that is good they are displaying why he was so much better than they are.
They are “right-wing extremists”
All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Socialism gives you freedom. You are free from deciding what to eat (whatever they give you). You are free from deciding what occupation you take (they will tell you what to do). Free education ( you learn what they teach). Free medical care (what little you can get). And freedom from decisions. Utopia, don’t you see?
It’s really hard to tell when something is satirical nowadays. This is just unbelievable.
We are under a communist government.
Resist.
Left wing extremism is no longer extreme to the Left anymore.
McGovern might even be right-of-center to these loons (as indeed many claim the Clintons are right-of-center).
Democrats are such LIARS.
They are despicable.
I cannot understand why ANYONE would vote democrat.
They hate this country.
Why vote Rat? FREE STUFF !!!!!!
What a limp-waisted Mary.
This was satire?
“,,, you saw the statement the president — we put out in the president’s name this morning, in his voice of course,…”
What? Is this the statement Biden read to the press today, or some other statement released? Does SloJo even know what he’s reading aloud anymore?
This read like Babylon Bee...
Meeks is one of the dumbest members of CONgress there is!
He must’ve seen the footage of the protesters/insurgents waving an American flag in the streets of Cuba.
Wonder if he saw any Trump flags.
10 Reasons Why Freedom Is DANGEROUS
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XXiPKP670
Also, there's nothing stopping other countries from giving Cuba aid.
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