{"id":588882,"date":"2021-07-12T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588882"},"modified":"2021-07-12T12:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:21:42","slug":"bernie-sanders-bashes-u-s-while-cubans-protest-communist-tyranny-shapiro-crushes-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-bashes-u-s-while-cubans-protest-communist-tyranny-shapiro-crushes-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Bashes U.S. While Cubans Protest Communist Tyranny. Shapiro Crushes Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbernie-sanders-bashes-u-s-while-cubans-protest-communist-tyranny-shapiro-crushes-him%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=588882&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\/Bernie-Sanders-Ben-Shapiro.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Daily Wire co-founder and editor emeritus Ben Shapiro ripped self-proclaimed democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders Monday for criticizing the U.S. while ignoring mass protests in Cuba against the communist government.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders called for taxing \u201cbillionaires\u201d on Sunday as Cuba was erupting in protests against the repressive communist regime, a government that Sanders praised last year for its \u201cliteracy program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere on Earth, in the richest country on the planet, half our people live paycheck to paycheck, people are struggling to feed themselves, struggling to see a doctor \u2014 but hey, the richest guys in the world are off in outer space!\u201d Sanders said, apparently referencing English businessman Richard Branson\u2019s recent space flight. \u201cYes. It\u2019s time to tax the billionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"16.309375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here on Earth, in the richest country on the planet, half our people live paycheck to paycheck, people are struggling to feed themselves, struggling to see a doctor \u2014 but hey, the richest guys in the world are off in outer space! <\/p>\n<p>Yes. It&#8217;s time to tax the billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1414253955480227843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shapiro responded to his tweet on Monday morning, ripping the Democratic lawmaker for his silence on the Cuban protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t help but notice that you have yet to comment on the Cuban dissident movement. Perhaps you might spare a moment, when you\u2019re not demagoguing capitalism from your lake house,\u201d Shapiro said, referencing Sanders\u2019 Vermont vacation home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/08\/12\/489787309\/the-internet-can-turn-quickly-even-on-bernie-sanders\">purchased<\/a> in 2016 for $575,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3967611336032\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&#8217;t help but notice that you have yet to comment on the Cuban dissident movement. Perhaps you might spare a moment, when you&#8217;re not demagoguing capitalism from your lake house. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nn4KsY7JzI\">https:\/\/t.co\/Nn4KsY7JzI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1414577156110303233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sanders has avoided harsh criticism of Cuba in past, blunting any negative comments with praise of its social programs, healthcare system, or other policies. Last year during his run for president, Sanders defended a speech he gave praising former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro at the University of Vermont in 1986, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bernie-sanders-silent-cuban-pro-democracy-uprisings-praising-fidel-castros-communist-policies\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very, very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba, but, you know, it\u2019s unfair to simply say everything is bad,\u201d Sanders said during an appearance on CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d \u201cWhen Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? Even though Fidel Castro did it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his 1986 speech, Sanders recalled his excitement at watching Castro take control of Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember, for some reason or another, being very excited when Fidel Castro made the revolution in Cuba,\u201d he said. \u201cI was a kid \u2026 and it just seemed right and appropriate that poor people were rising up against rather ugly rich people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has long taken a modest, if not outright friendly, approach to socialist and communist dictators. Sanders has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bernie-sanders-unearthed-video-recalling-excitement-castro-revolution-cuba\">touted<\/a> the former Soviet Union and defended Nicaragua\u2019s Sandinista National Liberation Front, a Marxist political party.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro also bashed the Biden administration on Monday for its response to the Cuban protests. The White House released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/07\/12\/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-protests-in-cuba\/\">statement<\/a> from President Joe Biden addressing the protests Monday morning, supporting the Cubans \u201cright of peaceful protest and the right to freely determine their own future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro responded: \u201cLooking forward to seeing what consequences attach to the continuing, unabating, decades-long violation of the \u2018fundamental and universal rights\u2019 to \u2018peaceful protest\u2019 and to \u2018freely determine their own future.\u2019 Or if Biden just ships the dictator some vaccines and cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.721893491124\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to seeing what consequences attach to the continuing, unabating, decades-long violation of the &#8220;fundamental and universal rights&#8221; to &#8220;peaceful protest&#8221; and to &#8220;freely determine their own future.&#8221; Or if Biden just ships the dictator some vaccines and cash. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oDgojVMDHR\">https:\/\/t.co\/oDgojVMDHR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1414588376280408068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Wire co-founder and editor emeritus Ben Shapiro ripped self-proclaimed democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders Monday for criticizing the U.S. while ignoring mass protests in Cuba against the communist government.Sanders &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314479,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bernie-Sanders-Ben-Shapiro.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Bernie Sanders Bashes U.S. While Cubans Protest Communist Tyranny. 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