backing the brutal communist regime
in cuba democratic congresswoman
alexandria ocasio-cortez
and the black lives matter organization
placing the blame
on the united states for the suffering
of the cuban people
fox's mark meredith is in washington
with more hey mark
deagan good evening leaders of black
lives matter generated a lot of
controversy by suggesting that the u.s
is to blame
for cuba's economic woes now some of
those views are being supported by some
far-left democrats as you mentioned
congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez
the embargo the u.s embargo is
absurdly cruel and like
other u.s policies particularly other
u.s policies targeting latin americans
and latinos
the cruelty is the point
florida senator marco rubio says blaming
the u.s for cuba's conditions is
outrageous he says the communist regime
is responsible for the economic crisis
he also took a shot at black lives
matter on twitter he wrote
my office stands ready to help the
leaders of the black lives matter
organization
immigrate to cuba president biden not
blaming the u.s for cubist troubles
though he says it's a failed state
because of the leaders embracing
communism
still there are questions about what the
white house plans to do next senator
rubio and others
they're calling for the u.s to help
restore internet access to cuban
protesters
the white house was asked today about
those efforts
returning internet access to cuba would
certainly be something we'd love to be a
part of
it is we're looking at what our
capacities and what our
tools are we have the white house has
repeatedly called on the cuban
government to refrain from any violence
against protesters but we have seen a
crackdown in demonstrations
and it's unclear taken what may happen
this weekend in havana and elsewhere
deagon mark thank you so much mark
meredith in washington
here now new york congresswoman nicole
malliotakas who is the daughter
of a cuban refugee what congresswoman
alexandria ocasio-cortez had to say
kind of in lockstep with the black lives
matter organization
it it just displays idiocy
for lack of a better word that it's
greed and corruption
and the failure of communism that has
led to the suffering
of the people in cuba it is not america
it is not the u.s
we allow humanitarian relief and the
reason that there are
sanctions in place is because the people
of cuba are denied basic rights
by the communist regime and have been
for
more than six decades that's correct uh
they are showing to the world that they
are marxist and that is what i've said
about black lives matter that they are a
marxist organization as a matter of fact
here in new york city when they had
their protests they had the hammer and
sickle the communist symbol
painted on some of our public buildings
including our courthouses
and alexandria casio cortez we know is a
communist sympathizer
who wants to bring socialism to the
united states
and she's absolutely wrong when she says
what's happening in cuba is due
to the embargo cuba does business with
nearly every country in the world they
have normalization with
all countries in the world uh and
they've been a communist regime for 60
years the communist regime takes
everything
okay anything that comes into the island
any money any supplies any food
they own all the businesses they own all
the hotels and tourist resorts
uh everything comes into this island
goes to the regime so
lifting the embargo would only go to
further prop
up the regime while the people continue
to suffer
not having access to food to soap to
basic necessities that we take for
granted here in the united states of
america and that is why the people
are rising because they've had enough of
being suppressed oppressed
by this communist regime they want
freedom they want liberty
they want to be able to determine their
own future they want what we have here
in the united states of america
and quite frankly what aoc is trying to
change in the united states of america
right communism is a failure period the
people
in the the people in cuba um their human
rights have been violated they've been
imprisoned
the regime there has killed dissidents
but it's the united states fault
but i do know in terms of republicans if
a well-known high-profile republican
said something
this idiotic that every
literal every person in the media in the
mainstream media would be quizzing
every member of the gop about what this
individual said
they would be put on the spot to
denounce it why doesn't this happen
well where are they now yeah where are
they now asking black lives matter who
claims to be you know an organization
that cares about police brutality
when the people in cuba right now are
being beat they're being abducted
they're being shot at
by their police force by the military
there
and i'd like to know where the media is
asking them about that hypocritical
uh statement that they've made earlier
today and the reality is i'm going to
continue to expose what's happening in
cuba
look the internet access is a major
issue because it allows the world to see
what's happening they're getting
intermittent uh internet a couple hours
here a couple of hours there
but the real reality right now is that
people are becoming maybe afraid to
protest on the streets because they are
being
beat and abducted by the police and so
um that is a major concern so we want
the biden administration to not only
provide internet
uh which they can do from here in the
united states just 90 miles away
but in addition to that we want them to
call on this regime to stop abusing its
people allow them to freely demonstrate
they want freedom and we should support
them
as the leader of the free world and i
just want to shine a bit of light on the
likes of say
um and the new york post published an
editorial about this
by eddie scary but shine a light on a
coca-cola
or a amazon or a nike that they are so
quick to tweet
black lives matter but they're
associating themselves
with an organization that isn't
dedicated in eddie scary's words to
fighting racial injustice
they are dedicated to supporting marxism
and spreading lies
about why the people of cuba are
in danger and impoverished
absolutely and by the way this is the
same group that they want to fight the
fight for 15
minimum wage and people in cuba make 15
a month
okay they're treated as slaves by their
government they're told what they're
gonna do
and what their contribution will be to
society if they're a doctor if they're a
lawyer if they're a teacher
or their janitor doesn't matter they
make 15 a month and everything is sold
in the equivalent of u.s dollars so they
can't afford to buy anything
so they're they're being um oppressed
they are suffering
they are starving under this communist
regime and they've had enough look
america
must rise to the occasion be the leader
that gets the international community to
join us in putting pressure on this
regime this illegitimate regime
so they can go and we can bring freedom
and democracy
uh to the cuban people they deserve it
after six decades i have family there i
know the suffering
uh that is happening and uh and every
american every freedom loving american
or any anybody who
really supports democracy throughout the
world should be coming
coming to support them right now these
are potential refugees that the left
doesn't like because they will
they will vote uh republican as they
have in the past
if they come here it's really
disgraceful new york congresswoman
nicole malliotakos
thank you for being here