stunning news you thought it would have
happened maybe 40 years ago maybe 50 but
it's happening now and there's unrest in
the streets
of cuba and it came out because okay we
know the coronavirus is an issue
we know we know that economically it put
the whole world on its back
but people of cuba want their freedom
and they finally feel
bold enough to protest in the street
in this in front of this brutal regime
yeah chanting freedom calling for the
president to step down
they have a surge in the corona virus
cases a shortage of just
basic goods things that we all might
take for granted they can't get in their
country
well like food they need food and
they're
hacked off about it and that's why
thousands went out in the streets
yesterday you never see this kind of
dissent because it's always limited
and it's interesting because the
communists did allow the descent to go
on for a couple of hours
on twitter there's some video protesters
turning over a police car
looks like the united states another
video people looting from a
government-run store
and here's the thing we hear about oh
the government-run store everybody gets
everything they want
the government-run store sells wildly
overpriced stuff with currencies
that most cubans marching there in the
streets of havana
don't own and brian you're friends with
the mayor of miami you've talked to him
you've interviewed him
and he is he's been tweeting about this
and he's been speaking out about it
here's here's something he had to say
the regime must end now
it is not negotiable we asked for an
international intervention led by the
united states
to protect the cuban people from a
bloodbath
cubans are worthy and ready to rule
themselves
without tyranny it can end today
and it must end today the implications
of this moment
can mean freedom for millions of people
in this hemisphere
from nicaraguans to venezuelans and so
many more
questions the question is would we how
do we get involved do we just sit there
and cheer from the sidelines jake
sullivan
uh came out and tweeted out the u.s
supports freedom of expression
assembly across cuba which strongly
condemn any violence or targeting of
peaceful protesters but i mean we
obviously been burned before
trying to help out that that sense of
freedom that existed for
uh generations in cuba uh teddy
roosevelt fought there obviously and for
a while look at they were gonna have a
free
and the mob actually had a huge presence
there for a while they were going to be
a free cuba they were walking with
american flags yesterday we are an
inspiration
we should be embracing the inspiration
we give them listen here's the thing
uh cuba is 90 miles away from florida
florida is wide open you want to see a
you know
freedom go to florida and these people
would like to have in cuba what they've
got in florida
and that is why the protests yesterday
were some of the biggest they've had in
that country since 1994
which is when people started floating
away from cuba
on boats some have suggested
uh these are the biggest protests since
1959 when the castros came into power
but what's interesting our federal
government rather than
saying you know what they just want
freedom they've got an interesting
take on it julie cheng who is the state
department acting assistant secretary
said
peaceful protests that flies in the face
of turning over the police car and the
looting
peaceful protests are growing in cuba as
the cuban people exercise
their right to peaceful assembly to
express here's the good part
concern about rising covet cases the
deaths and medicine shortages
we can mend the numerous efforts of the
cuban people
mobilizing donations to help neighbors
in need so what they're saying
is people are angry about covid
which wait a minute how many times have
you heard that people say
you know the great thing about
socialized medicine
particularly in cuba is everybody's got
great health care well that's not the
case
down in cuba and coronavirus cases are
surging
well and one lady one of the protesters
said we're going through really
difficult times and we need a change of
system so it's not about
covet it's about the socialist regime
it's about communism
and they can't even get food for their
families i mean their cop cars are exels
i mean they haven't modernized anything
since
the western presence left they have a
huge potential there just with tourism
alone
should they ever open up their doors and
overthrow this communists but the
problem is china's got a presence there
and the problem is russia's got a
presence there are they gonna let
this spear of influence go by the boards
dan crenshaw
sees opportunity and is despondent or
or dismayed i should say about that
lack of con convicted uh and direct
tweet
from the new york times and others says
no they're not chanting
no they are chanting libertard which
means liberty stop
playing cover for communist and support
the cuban people
my god why is this so hard for you marco
rubio's family from cuba he sees it
exactly as it is listen
it's now been over over 12 hours since
over 32 cities in cuba brave people have
taken to the streets to protest against
communist marxist evil tyranny and so
far
not a word not a word not a statement
from joe biden
from the vice president from the white
house not a word why are they so
uncomfortable coming forward and just
condemning this evil
socialist marxist regime it's been 62
years while these
all these people have been out there
suffering and then i see this tweet here
from the state department you've got a
socialist regime that says to people you
have no freedom
you have no independence you have no
ability to speak freely
but you have a really good health care
system they don't of course covet has a
role to play but this began well before
covett these people are frustrated they
want to live in a normal country
so why can't the state department why
can't the white house just say it
clearly
this is about freedom say it
well as you've heard some of the
lawmakers are upset they're speaking out
about this but bernie sanders
who a year ago exactly
praise fidel castro for what he's done
for the kids and the education and the
literacy program
but he's staying silent and it's making
a lot of people upset and we haven't
heard from
we haven't heard from joe biden yet
either but we have heard from the new
york times
uh they tweeted this out shouting
freedom
and other anti-government slogans so
freedom is an anti-government slogan
hundreds of cubans took to the streets
and the cities around the
country on sunday to protest food and
medicine shortages that's all true
in a remarkable eruption of discontent
not seen
in nearly 30 years so they say the
freedom is an
anti-government slogan but they do not
say what the
state department did which is it's key
to
covet absolutely not then another tweet
the ufc fighter also an army ranger
his name is tim kennedy and he said hey
new york times
you showed your hand here please expound
on how shouting freedom
is an anti-government slogan right uh
just a quick thing to add there you
realize
if they would find a way to overthrow
that regime what would mean for other
places
for example cuba is up to no good
through central and south america
especially in venezuela
they have lethal and very uh and and
very competent intelligence
forces inside venezuela disabling us
destabilizing that country and backing
that dictator
if we could find a way to get some
freedom and democracy
in cuba and overthrow the last remnants
of communism and the castros
this would have a ripple ripple positive
effect uh
for the region but just they uh they
probably will not
you don't think so uh well they were not
going to give up easily and they have no
what kind of retribution will there be
for a brutal crackdown none they'll shut
off the internet right away
and they'll go house to house um and
deny them their ten dollars a week that
the government gives them