to the show you're watching the fox
business network we begin with unrest in
venezuela
just a day after protests broke out
nationwide in cuba
the communist midura regime in venezuela
it is being led by cuban military
intelligence
abducted and imprisoned top opposition
leader freddie gavita
also communist security forces entered
venezuela opposition leader juan white
owes a residential building
with a machine gun set off an explosive
all in an attempt to arrest waido
on charges of inciting unrest he is
still out he's not
arrested right now we're staying on that
story we're going to turn now to what's
going on in cuba
32 cities seeing protests demanding an
end to the oppressive communist regime
we haven't seen this in more than five
decades protests have broken out on such
a large scale there were scenes of
public fighting
sounds of heavy gunfire word is cuba is
again disappearing people
lucas thomason is at the pentagon with
more lucas
good evening liz the reports that those
protests continue for a second
consecutive day in cuba
president biden weighed in this
afternoon
cuba people demanding their freedom
from an authoritarian regime and i don't
think we've seen anything like this
protest uh in a long long time
if quite frankly ever a short time later
biden secretary of state pushed back on
the cuban government who accused the u.s
of meddling in their affairs
secretary blinken said it would be quote
a grievous mistake for the cuban regime
to interpret what is happening in dozens
of towns and cities
across the island as a result or
byproduct of anything the united states
has done
video of the protests in cuba which
began sunday show some holding the
american flag
during their march to protest the
country's communist dictatorship which
they blame for the horrible economic
conditions
made worse by the coronavirus pandemic
and cuba's foreign minister has accused
the u.s of hypocrisy
liz all right thank you
lucas thomason it's good to see you
joining us now florida congressman greg
scooby first your reaction to the
protests in cuba
and what is happening in venezuela well
we 100
need to stand with the cuban people and
do everything we can to fight against
the castro regime
and if the biden administration is going
to resume relations or economic ties to
cuba must be directly tied
to democratic or economic reforms that
will end communist rule
we can't have that type of activity
close to our border we support the cuban
people
we do not support the communist regime
and what's interesting is you're seeing
democrats
not saying a word when they're talking
about socialism and and
supporting communism here in america
those people like aoc and bernie sanders
are being quiet right now and they know
because it's not great for the people of
cuba it's not great for americans
and we need to have freedom and
democracy in cuba
yeah bernie sanders just moments ago put
out a statement
saying he supports people's right for
freedom and protesting
but not denouncing what the communist
regime has been doing in cuba and
venezuela they've been the main
destabilizing forces
in the western hemisphere cuba for more
than six decades
they thwarted efforts to make the
americas a free zone what do you say to
that
well of course he's just gonna it's just
talk it's because they want to make
america a socialist country
he calls himself a democratic socialist
so they want to take steps towards that
direction so of course they're not going
to call
out the communist regime directly and
they're just going to stand with the
people of cuba
it's because that's the direction of
their policies and we can't have that
here in america
there's a reason why cubans are fleeing
to united states and we have a large
population of cubans here in florida
and it's because they don't support
communism and socialism and they want
freedom and that's why they come to
america
cuba's communist leaders put out an
order of combat they took to the
airwaves
they're telling all communists to leave
their houses and beat up and attack
those protesting for a democracy um
basically we're seeing street fighting
we're seeing
people being assaulted innocent people
who were unarmed being arrested and
attacked
including priests and the cuban regime's
military police we're hearing they're
shooting
at unarmed cuban protesters fighting for
freedom freedom
and they're disappearing people again
your word on that
yeah that's what happens in communist
totalitarian regimes
that are authoritative in nature when
their their power is
in in balance or in check by the people
and their people are rising up they're
going to use their military might
to try to silence those people that's
why america needs to be strong the biden
administration needs to be strong
and their statements standing with the
cuban people
you know the word is is that you know
that totalitarian regimes were always
great for health systems
that they're the best equipped to handle
pandemics the
q you know cuban regime is blaming the
uh
the embargo and the sanctions put on on
the regime
president biden has kept those sanctions
in place the embargo doesn't stop
food or humanitarian aid including
medicine coming into cuba
so there's a lot of misinformation
flying around about this
you know men people on twitter are
describing the protest is all about
covet
a cnn guest blamed trump for what's
going on in cuba your take on the
dangers of misinformation at this time
well of course cnn is going to blame
trump they blame trump for everything
trump actually instituted policies and
sanctions and put
sanctions in place that the obama
administration didn't do
because the obama administration was
trying to normalize relations with cuba
which
had the complete opposite effect of
making it
liberal making it uh american making it
democracy
and so the trump administration reversed
that and put the sanctions back in place
until they can show that they're going
to have resume relations or economic
ties that are tied
to democratic or economic reforms we
should keep the sanctions in place
all right congressman greg stouby it's
good to see you thank you so much for
joining us
let's turn to this story crime