Sen. Blackburn Smashes Cuban President, Says He Needs To Be Told ‘You Cannot Fire On Your People’
Michael Cantrell
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from the state of Tennessee, recently sent out a message to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel during an appearance she made on the Tuesday addition of “American Agenda.”
The message?
You cannot fire on your own people.
”We stand with the people of Cuba who are fighting for rights, who are fighting for freedom, who were tired of 62 years of a dictator, and we will continue to support them in their effort,” Blackburn stated, taking a strong stance in her words for Diaz-Canel. ”The Biden administration needs to come out. They need to draw a line in the sand. They need to make certain that the Cuban president understands you cannot fire on your people.”
A very large number of law enforcement officers were set loose on the streets of Havana, which is the capital of the country, just days after thousands of Cubans hit the streets in cities everywhere to protest the communist regime, shouting “freedom” as some waved American flags.
via Newsmax:
Diaz-Canel blamed the protests on U.S. sanctions, which he called ”politics of asphyxiation.”
The massive demonstrations are rare in the country, which was ruled by Fidel Castro for decades, and Diaz-Canel announced that he had ordered the army to fight the protesters.
”The order to fight has been given,” Diaz-Canel stated in the report.
Blackburn said it was ”interesting” how silent many left-wing lawmakers, especially Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and self-proclaimed democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have been since the protests erupted Sunday.
”They are silent on this in supporting the people of Cuba,” she went on to say. ”I have supported the people of China as they have stood against the Chinese Communist Party, the Hong Kong freedom fighters as they have fought back, and likewise, we are supporting the people of Cuba as they push for freedom. … We need to remember: Cuba is 90 miles off the coast of Florida, and we have people in the streets in Cuba, and many Cuban Americans are cheering for them to push for freedom.”
Despite the fact the Cuban communist regime cut off access to the internet, a platform that was financed by money given to them from the United States helped more than 146,000 Cubans have access, all so the world could see what was really happening there right now during all of these protests.
”It is important for them [Cuban leaders] to realize you cannot open fire on your people,” Blackburn proclaimed. ”And this protest is going to carry out. We hope that it leads Cuba to democracy and to freedom, and that finally after 62 years of abusive, dictatorial regimes, they will finally be able to be a free and open society.”
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