{"id":589043,"date":"2021-07-12T14:36:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589043"},"modified":"2021-07-12T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:36:27","slug":"republicans-support-cubans-protesting-communism-democrats-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-support-cubans-protesting-communism-democrats-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans support Cubans protesting communism, Democrats silent"},"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\">14<\/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%2Frepublicans-support-cubans-protesting-communism-democrats-silent%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=589043&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 id=\"attachment_2453846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2453846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Government supporters gather at the Maximo Gomez monument in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021. Supporters of the government took to the streets at the time hundreds more protested against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs.. (AP Photo\/Eliana Aponte)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:27 AM PT \u2013 Monday, July 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republican senators are speaking out in support of protesters in Cuba as Democrat socialists remain silent.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texsa) released a statement Monday in which he called demonstrators \u201cbrave\u201d for standing up to the communist regime. He said communism on the island will be consigned to the dustbin of history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RELEASE: Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Protests in Cuba<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1414590750344589314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden State Department released a statement many considered weak as it did not mention the pain socialist communism has caused on the island for the last 62 years. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also commented and asserted that the Biden administration\u2019s response wasn\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course COVID&nbsp; is the icing on the cake here because you\u2019ve got a socialist regime that says to people you have no freedom, you have no independence, you have no ability to speak freely,\u201d stated the Florida lawmaker. \u201cBut you have a really good healthcare system. They don\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a ridiculous tweet from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>People in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> are protesting 62 years of socialism, lies,tyranny &amp; misery not \u201cexpressing concern about rising COVID cases\/deaths\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why is it so hard for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@potus<\/a> &amp; the people in his administration to say that? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vLt8SCUXeK\">https:\/\/t.co\/vLt8SCUXeK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gP0KapjvnQ\">pic.twitter.com\/gP0KapjvnQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1414406721842335745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both Cruz and Rubio have families from Cuba who were forced out after the revolution in 1959. They have called for the U.S. to openly stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communism.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel made a direct call for all communists in the country to band together and counter the anti-government protests.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/charlottesville-removes-3-confederate-statues\/\">Charlottesville Removes 3 Confederate Statues<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government supporters gather at the Maximo Gomez monument in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021. 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