Florida Democrat dings AOC for blaming Cuban unrest on USA: They're 'demanding freedom' from Communism
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A former Florida congresswoman responded to fellow Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – after the latter claimed the U.S. trade embargo “contributed" to Cuban civilians suffering.
"What we're seeing in Cuba we haven't seen in over 62 years," she said, citing the 1959 overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro's revolutionaries. "Cubans young and old are marching in the streets demanding freedom. The only government to blame here, the only culprit of what has been happening in Cuba -- is the Cuban government which has been a dictatorship; a failed Communist regime which has violated human rights for decades." Mucarsel-Powell said she like many other Miamians knows numerous people in the area who have fled the Cuban regime, as well as others who have family members on the island – only 90 miles south of Key West – whom Castro unjustly imprisoned.More Related News