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This week, the radical Marxist organization, BLM, praised the dictatorial Cuban regime, despite thousands of Cubans rallying in the streets for their freedom. Condemnation ensued. Paul Sacca reports in The Blaze:
Black Lives Matter was bashed on social media for supporting Cuba’s authoritarian one-party system, instead of backing Cubans calling for freedom.
- Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.): “Here’s the Black Lives Matter org supporting the brutal & oppressive dictatorship in #Cuba.”
- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.): “The extortionist ring known as the Black Lives Matter organization took a break today from shaking down corporations for millions & buying themselves mansions to share their support for the Communist regime in #Cuba.”
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.): “BLM is a radical Marxist organization. Biden cannot let his left-wing supporters pressure him into propping up Havana’s communist regime.”
- Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.): “A Marxist organization that not only supports defunding the police, but also supports an oppressive Communist regime.”
- Melissa Chen: “Imagine thinking the trade embargo is responsible for the plight of Cubans. Why, you mean a system without access to capitalist markets cannot provide/allocate resources on its own? Every headline should read: ‘BLM in favor of state oppression & police brutalization of PoC.'”
- Allie Beth Stuckey: “BLM loves communism & hates America. The exact opposite of Cubans fleeing here.”
- Giancarlo Sopo: “Disgusting! Despite the Cuban dictatorship’s murdering and beating of protestors (many of them Black), BLM’s statement on Cuba….condemns the US, praises the Castro regime, and makes no mention of the atrocities being committed by the dictatorship.”
- Robert Barnes: “Imagine saying Cubans right to choose their own government means siding with the Cuban government that refuses to give them precisely that choice. Just another group of black lives that don’t matter for #BLM.”
- Mercedes Schlapp: “BLM says NOTHING about how the Cuban communist and authoritarian regime has stripped the freedoms of the Cuban people and killed innocent lives. Their statement is a betrayal of the Cuban people who are fighting for freedom. BLM supports the communist regime and is a Marxist org.”
- Jim Geraghty: “Black Lives Matter has finally found a group of cops they’re unwilling to criticize.”
- Liz Wheeler: “In the face of brutal tyranny at the hands of the Communist Cuban regime, Black Lives Matter condemns… the United States. If you don’t believe BLM is Marxist by this point, I don’t know how to talk to you.”
- Hillel Neuer: “In Cuba, a repressive regime is firing on peaceful protesters. In America, the organization Black Lives Matter @Blklivesmatter just sided with the oppressor.”
- Will Cain: “And yet so many will walk around still believing BLM is simply a call for racial enlightenment.”
Many online commenters were not surprised that BLM supported Cuba’s communist regime since co-founder Patrisse Cullors admitted that the organization’s creators are “trained Marxists” and was once ecstatic that a book she was promoting was compared to the “Little Red Book” by Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong.
- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.): “It’s no surprise that the Marxists of BLM are defending a murderous communist regime.”
- Lisa Boothe: “Not surprising coming from communists.”
- Dana Loesch: “No surprise here, the communists are siding with the communists.”
- Ben Shapiro: “Reminder: BLM is a horrible communist organization and always was.”
- Will Chamberlain: “Of course – BLM was founded by trained Marxists, why is anyone surprised that they are communists.”
