WASHINGTON — Several members of Florida’s congressional delegation, including two House Democrats, have denounced comments made by 2020 Democratic race frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in which he praised a literacy program launched under Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.“I’m hoping that in the future, Senator Sanders will take time to speak to some of my constituents before he decides to sing the praises of a murderous tyrant like Fidel Castro,” Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., whose district in Miami has a large population of Cuban-born residents who escaped the communist regime, wrote on Twitter Sunday.Her tweet included a GIF showing a kitten with the words “C’MON, BRO.”
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I'm hoping that in the future, Senator Sanders will take time to speak to some of my constituents before he decides to sing the praises of a murderous tyrant like Fidel Castro. https://t.co/Iwvmay9LOHpic.twitter.com/KT9sQ0pfkh
— Donna E. Shalala (@DonnaShalala) February 24, 2020Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and former governor of Florida, said Sanders displayed “willful ignorance.”“The Castro regime has killed & imprisoned dissidents, oppressed its people and propped up murderous dictators like Maduro and Ortega,” he tweeted.Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir dismissed the criticism on MSNBC on Monday morning, saying the senator has called Castro a human rights abuser and authoritarian for decades but that he can acknowledge “there may have been good things happening in Cuban society.”Shakir said he doesn’t “see any problems or concerns” with the comments, and that people throw “political barbs” at Sanders because he comes off as honest, someone whose positions "[come] from a place of conviction."Source : aol.com/news