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Biden HHS pick refused request to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba on infamous 1996 trip: report
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President Biden’s HHS nominee reportedly refused a request to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba while meeting with Fidel Castro.
Becerra has previously faced scrutiny for the Cuba trip, which included a meeting with the now-deceased dictator Castro. Upon returning, Becerra refused to call for free and fair elections in Cuba, despite pressure from fellow members of the House Hispanic Caucus, as Fox News previously reported. The new revelation comes from a 1996 newspaper column by Robert Novak that was resurfaced by the Washington Free Beacon Tuesday. "The materials they were asked to distribute contained no anti-Castro propaganda but publications as inoffensive as a Christian coloring book for children," Novak wrote, referring to Becerra and a Democratic colleague. "The congressmen themselves did not respond to repeated requests by this column to explain their decision, and their aides said they had no answer."More Related News