{"id":590121,"date":"2021-07-13T15:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T19:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590121"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T19:36:17","slug":"aoc-aligned-democratic-socialists-of-america-blames-cuban-protests-on-american-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-aligned-democratic-socialists-of-america-blames-cuban-protests-on-american-embargo\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC-Aligned Democratic Socialists of America Blames Cuban Protests On American Embargo"},"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\">22<\/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%2Faoc-aligned-democratic-socialists-of-america-blames-cuban-protests-on-american-embargo%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=590121&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\/GettyImages-1156365148.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Democratic Socialists of America \u2014 of which Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are members \u2014 expressed solidarity with the Cuban people against the American embargo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDSA stands with the Cuban people and their Revolution in this moment of unrest,\u201d the organization tweeted. \u201cEnd the blockade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1623036649215\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DSA stands with the Cuban people and their Revolution in this moment of unrest. End the blockade. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jzFVrthoMm\">pic.twitter.com\/jzFVrthoMm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DSA International Committee \ud83c\udf39 (@DSA_Intl_Comm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSA_Intl_Comm\/status\/1414400133614145540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Social media users immediately pointed out that Cubans are protesting against the island\u2019s communist dictatorship \u2014 not the American embargo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDrop the Democratic and go with SA,\u201d commented Hussein Ibish of the Arab Gulf States Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6835443037975\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drop the Democratic and go with SA.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hussein Ibish (@Ibishblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ibishblog\/status\/1414726564340719621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cEnd the Blockade? They aren\u2019t protesting the blockade?\u201d noted another user.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.168\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">End the Blockade? They aren\u2019t protesting the blockade?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terry Watkins Jr. \ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc9c\u2696\ufe0f (@TerryWatkinsJr1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryWatkinsJr1\/status\/1414449371383582720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cSome of the protestors are waving US flags,\u201d said a third. \u201cThey aren\u2019t protesting US sanctions. Cuba trades with other countries in LatAm and Europe. Why do they need to trade with the US? The US allows people to send stuff and money to Cuba. Many on the island survive off those remittances.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6153846153846\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">lol some of the protestors are waving US flags. They aren\u2019t protesting US sanctions. Cuba trades with other countries in LatAm and Europe. Why do they need to trade with the US? The US allows people to send stuff and money to Cuba. Many on the island survive off those remittances<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oscar Americo Correia (@americo_oscar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/americo_oscar\/status\/1414615688455630849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Four members of the United States House of Representatives \u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) \u2014 are members of the Democratic Socialists of America. As of this article\u2019s publication, none of the four lawmakers have addressed the Cuban uprisings on social media \u2014 although they have discussed topics as diverse as critical race theory, universal healthcare, climate change, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other left-leaning politicians \u2014 including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) \u2014 have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-far-left-silent-as-cubans-cry-out-for-freedom-from-communist-dictatorship\"><span>refrained<\/span><\/a><span> from explicitly noting the role of socialism or communism in the protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday night, Sanders also called for an end to the embargo: \u201cAll people have the right to protest and to live in a democratic society. I call on the Cuban government to respect opposition rights and refrain from violence. It\u2019s also long past time to end the unilateral U.S. embargo on Cuba, which has only hurt, not helped, the Cuban people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.484756097561\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All people have the right to protest and to live in a democratic society. I call on the Cuban government to respect opposition rights and refrain from violence. It\u2019s also long past time to end the unilateral U.S. embargo on Cuba, which has only hurt, not helped, the Cuban people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1414785066455158786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Likewise, President Biden\u2019s Monday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/07\/12\/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-protests-in-cuba\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 which condemned \u201cthe decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba\u2019s authoritarian regime\u201d \u2014 did not plainly reference the government\u2019s Marxist philosophy.<\/span><\/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>The Democratic Socialists of America \u2014 of which Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are members \u2014 expressed solidarity with the Cuban people against the American embargo.\u201cDSA stands &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314599,"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\/GettyImages-1156365148.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"AOC-Aligned Democratic Socialists of America Blames Cuban Protests On American Embargo","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1156365148.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"AOC-Aligned Democratic Socialists of America Blames Cuban Protests On American Embargo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}