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State Dept. tweet blaming Cuban protests on COVID pegged as 'ridiculous' by Senator Rubio
"So why can't the State Department, why can't the White House, just say it clearly: This is not about COVID," Rubio said.
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The tweet came from the account of Julie Chung, who is the acting assistant secretary for the department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, whose accounted noted on Sunday: “Peaceful protests are growing in Cuba as the Cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express concern about rising COVID case/deaths & medicine shortage. We commend the numerous efforts of the Cuban people mobilizing donations to help neighbors in need.”
Peaceful protests are growing in #Cuba as the Cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express concern about rising COVID cases/deaths & medicine shortages. We commend the numerous efforts of the Cuban people mobilizing donations to help neighbors in need.
— Julie Chung (@WHAAsstSecty) July 11, 2021
Nevertheless, it was deeply criticized for appearing to miss the point of the protests completely, as did others including The New York Times, which noted in a tweet reporting on the unrest that Cuban demonstrators were “shouting ‘freedom’ and other anti-government slogans.'”
God forbid the Marxist regime in Cuba get any criticism, especially from Bernie Sanders and company who insist that the US is responsible for the woes of the Cuban people because the US boycotts them.
Leftism truly is a cult like no other.