{"id":590380,"date":"2021-07-13T18:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T22:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590380"},"modified":"2021-07-13T18:06:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T22:06:24","slug":"democrats-blame-cuban-protests-on-anything-but-socialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-blame-cuban-protests-on-anything-but-socialism\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats blame Cuban protests on anything but socialism"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocrats-blame-cuban-protests-on-anything-but-socialism%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=590380&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_2455536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2455536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at George Washington University in Washington. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:00 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, July 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>While Republicans have recognized the role of socialist and communist repression in Cuba sparking recent protests, Democrats have taken the side of the Cuban president and pointed blame elsewhere, including on the U.S. On Monday, MSNBC\u2019s Lawrence O\u2019Donnell denied Cuba\u2019s problem was communism, but instead economically illiterate dictators and the embargo.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell went on to describe the Cuban embargo as a \u201cgrotesque mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba\u2019s problem is not too much socialism, as Republicans would have you believe. It is too much dictatorship, second only to North Korea at this point,\u201d he claimed. \u201cThe embargo is our longest-running foreign policy mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a long period of silence, self-described Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) put a tweet out on Monday with no mention of communism and called for an end to the embargo. The embargo argument was also the Cuban president\u2019s response to the largest protests Cuba has seen in decades.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\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>President Miguel Diaz-Canel denied a repressive dictatorship in Cuba and similar to the Democratic Party, attributed the quality of life in the island nation to the presence of the embargo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want the Cuban people to do better, lift the embargo first and let\u2019s see how we do,\u201d he stated. \u201cDon\u2019t come telling me it\u2019s the inefficient government, the brutal government or the dictatorship. Where is the dictatorship in Cuba?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz-Canel has called on communist citizens to \u201ccombat\u201d the thousands of so-called \u201ccounter-revolutionaries\u201d seeking to rid themselves of socialism and communism in their home country.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/house-republicans-outline-concerns-over-biden-admin-s-plan-to-undo-trump-era-navigable-waters-protection-rule\/\">GOP Sounds Alarm On Biden Admin. Plans To Undo Trump-Era Navigable Waters Protection Rule<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at George Washington University in Washington. 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