Posted on 02/28/2020 9:27:52 AM PST by Maceman
Democratic lawmakers Thursday successfully blocked a GOP resolution condemning Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s laudatory comments about the Castro regime.
By a vote of 224-189 that fell along party lines, the House of Representatives on Thursday voted to block a resolution that not only condemned numerous human rights abuses that took place under the Castro regime, but also condemned recent instances where Sanders refused to fully denounce the late Fidel Castro’s dictatorial rule over Cuba.
The resolution was introduced by GOP Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, who represents a district in the state that has 335,000 residents of Cuban descent — roughly half his entire constituency.
During a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday, the Vermont senator said it was “unfair” to say everything about the Castro regime was negative, noting how Castro launched a “massive literacy program” upon assuming power. The following day, during a town hall event in South Carolina, Sanders stood by his remarks. During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, he once again touted Cuba’s progress on education.
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well we now know and there is a vote to prove the loyalties to this country and its founding principles. The Bernie Brand of trash is not it.
Ah ... I love it when the dems double down. Let’s have a capitalism vs communism debate.
The House Dems ‘True Colors’ shining thru. Viva castro!! Viva la Revolution!!
Understandable. Killing it is less politically painful than voting for it or against it.
This proves how Evil the Democrat Party is!
Make them WEAR IT like a badge of (dis)honor come November!
This has got to be bothering the small group of Dems who ‘didn’t realize’ that they were getting this close to full advocacy of Socialism. Some may have been too busy thinking of their own special interest group and ignoring the bigger picture. Well, look around. Here you are, at 3rd Base, with full out COMMUNISM waiting for you on home plate.
Motion defeated by 35 votes. How many congressmen are Republican in the current congress ? Did any Democrat vote for this ?
This will be a great running point for Trump- He now gets to state that democrats approve of communism and support a presidential nominee on the dem side that loves communism, and that is NOT what this country is about- We don’t support communism here in the US-
Spin it like they do. Killing the bill obviously means Democrats support communism. Everybody knows that.
Democrats were forced to defend a communist.
DEMS LOVE COMMUNISTS!!!
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