Biden Issues Embarrassing Statement on Cuba Uprising, Americans Remind Him What It’s Really About
President Biden, or more accurately, his communications team, issued a carefully worded statement on Monday that seemed to support the Cuban people’s uprising against “freedom.”
We stand with the Cuban people as they bravely assert their fundamental and universal rights, and as they all call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering. https://t.co/KGY3MFfsw0
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 12, 2021
“We stand with the Cuban people as they bravely assert their fundamental and universal rights, and as they all call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering,” the Twitter statement says.
The full statement says: “We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba’s authoritarian regime. The Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights. Those rights, including the right of peaceful protest and the right to freely determine their own future, must be respected. The United States calls on the Cuban regime to hear their people and serve their needs at this vital moment rather than enriching themselves.”
This carefully crafted response is missing two words: Socialism or Communism. This inherently “authoritarian” economic system is responsible for the economic hardship, suffering, and repression of the Cuban people.
Americans did not hesitate to remind him of this fact.
The Cuban people are fighting against socialism, that’s the “economic suffering” which you so cowardly conceal in your tweet, Joe Biden.
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) July 12, 2021
They're protesting a repressive communist government, but you can't say that because too many of your 81 billion voters support exactly what they are fighting.
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) July 12, 2021
On Sunday, a State Department official’s statement veiled the reason for the Cuban uprising as related to the COVID pandemic.
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.
— Brian A. Nichols (@WHAAsstSecty) July 11, 2021
“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,” Julie Chung, the Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, tweeted. “We commend the numerous efforts of the Cuban people mobilizing donations to help neighbors in need.”
There was a simple retort on Twitter that many people seemed to agree with:
Wow, someone named Julie Chung is lying about communism at the U.S. State Dept. Whodathunkit?
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 12, 2021
This is the reason for the allegation. Here are videos from the Cuban demonstrations.
🚨#SOSCuba🚨
Pro-democracy protestors in the Cuban town of Batabanó have seized control of the Young Communists headquarters.
These images are surreal. Courage is contagious. Make them go viral. #PatriaYVida
pic.twitter.com/c4B3jRyItf— Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) July 12, 2021
From Cuba: Protestors in front of Communist Party Headquarters chanting "Cuba isn't yours!"#Cuba pic.twitter.com/5Gevvd0Sxb
— RiptideDash (@RiptideDash) July 12, 2021
NOW – Crowds in the streets of #Cuba chanting "freedom" #SOSCuba pic.twitter.com/zhb6LZSb6e
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) July 11, 2021
Attorney Ron Coleman had a particularly cynical remark that required piling onto.
Let's not forget our brave comrades who stood up to the China virus pic.twitter.com/h3tcsrraeH
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 12, 2021
There were a number of media outlets that also blamed the Cuba uprising on the COVID pandemic. The New York Times’ tweet in particular stood out.
Shouting “Freedom” and other anti-government slogans, hundreds of Cubans took to the streets in cities around the country on Sunday to protest food and medicine shortages, in a remarkable eruption of discontent not seen in nearly 30 years. https://t.co/BbqQPLrNiE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 11, 2021
“Shouting ‘Freedom’ and other anti-government slogans, hundreds of Cubans took to the streets in cities around the country on Sunday to protest food and medicine shortages, in a remarkable eruption of discontent not seen in nearly 30 years,” the Times wrote. Of course, the mainstream media and the Biden administration are both misleading Americans about the situation in Cuba. And the obvious reason is that they feel a kinship with Cuba’s oppressive communist system and want to deceive Americans about its true nature.
Senator Marco Rubio reminded everyone what is actually going on in Cuba.
This is a ridiculous tweet from @StateDept
People in #Cuba are protesting 62 years of socialism, lies,tyranny & misery not “expressing concern about rising COVID cases/deaths”
Why is it so hard for @potus & the people in his administration to say that? #SOSCuba #PatriaYVida https://t.co/vLt8SCUXeK pic.twitter.com/gP0KapjvnQ
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 12, 2021
This is a ridiculous tweet from StateDept,” Rubio tweeted. “People in #Cuba are protesting 62 years of socialism, lies,tyranny & misery not “expressing concern about rising COVID cases/deaths. Why is it so hard for POTUS & the people in his administration to say that?”
I think Americans know the answer.
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