{"id":588548,"date":"2021-07-11T21:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T01:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588548"},"modified":"2021-07-11T21:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T01:50:50","slug":"cruz-responds-to-protests-in-cuba-communist-cuban-regime-will-be-consigned-to-dustbin-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-responds-to-protests-in-cuba-communist-cuban-regime-will-be-consigned-to-dustbin-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Responds To Protests In Cuba: \u2018Communist Cuban Regime Will Be Consigned To Dustbin Of History\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-responds-to-protests-in-cuba-communist-cuban-regime-will-be-consigned-to-dustbin-of-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588548&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cruz-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), whose family was persecuted by the communist Cuban dictatorship before fleeing to America, responded to the widespread freedom protests that erupted in Cuba on Sunday by saying that the communist regime would be \u201cconsigned to the dustbin of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cubans took to the street in rarely seen demonstrations to protest the impoverished conditions of the island, their lack of freedom under the far-left Marxist regime, and did so while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cubans-carry-american-flag-while-demanding-freedom-from-communist-dictatorship\">chanting<\/a> \u201cLiberty\u201d and \u201cFreedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Communist Cuban regime will be consigned to the dustbin of history,\u201d Cruz wrote on Twitter. \u201cIt has brutalized &amp; denied freedom to generations of Cubans, and forced my family &amp; so many others to flee. The American people stand squarely with the men &amp; women of Cuba and their noble fight for liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.619469026549\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Communist Cuban regime will be consigned to the dustbin of history. It has brutalized &amp; denied freedom to generations of Cubans, and forced my family &amp; so many others to flee. <\/p>\n<p>The American people stand squarely with the men &amp; women of Cuba and their noble fight for liberty. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/09hdGQVJLh\">https:\/\/t.co\/09hdGQVJLh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1414364895609462785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the recent presidential election, Cruz took aim at socialist Bernie Sanders, who was running for president, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1136658071403552768\">tweeting<\/a>: \u201cIn 1980s, Bernie Sanders effusively praised Fidel Castro &amp; Soviet Union. My family was imprisoned &amp; tortured in communist Cuba\u2014my Tia Sonia endured unspeakable abuse from Castro\u2019s thugs. Why is apologizing for communist tyranny now mainstream in Dem Party?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/?p=about_senator\">office<\/a> added:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>After being tortured and imprisoned in Cuba, Ted\u2019s father, Rafael, fled to the United States to attend the University of Texas at Austin in 1957. He then started a small business in the oil and gas industry. Today, Ted\u2019s father is a pastor in Dallas.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz noted that as he grew up, his father would say to him, \u201cWhen we faced oppression in Cuba, I had a place to flee to. If we lose our freedom here, where do we go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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