Florida Democrats are perplexed by President Joe Biden’s last-minute decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, Axios reported Wednesday.
President Biden announced Tuesday that Cuba no longer meets the criteria for a state sponsor of terrorism because it has not provided “material support” to terrorist organizations in more than six months. However, the Florida Democratic Party was blindsided by this move, fearing that Florida’s Cuban-Americans would further distance themselves from the party because of their disdain for the communist regime. According to To Axios.
“This is Joe Biden literally sinking the Democratic Party in Florida. It’s a big deal,” Democratic Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz told Axios. “Just as we’re trying to plug a hole in the boat, Biden blows another hole in the boat. Florida is a red state, and Biden just waved the white flag of surrender.” (Related: The world stands on a razor’s edge as Biden quietly finishes his final year in office)
Cubans walk through the streets of Havana on January 14, 2025. President Joe Biden will lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in a deal that would free protesters imprisoned in the communist country, the White House announced. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
Florida’s Hispanics could help Trump win the state in the 2024 election, and Cubans in particular are among the most conservative Hispanics in the nation. According to Go to Pew Research Data. Cuba remains one of the world’s last communist countries, and Cubans who have fled the island often harbor deep resentment towards the regime.
Biden’s team said the order was part of a deal brokered by the Catholic Church to release 553 Cuban political prisoners in the country, according to Axios.
“While the return of political prisoners from the hands of communist Cuba is a cause for celebration, the regime’s treatment of the Cuban people remains one of the greatest human rights violations of the last century,” said Nikki Fried, chair of the Florida Democratic Party. said. said He said this in a party statement on Tuesday.
Cuba is Previously President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration added it to the list, saying his administration was “oppressing the people” and also supporting Colombia’s National Liberation Army, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. According to To the U.S. Embassy in Cuba on January 11, 2021.
Cuba is one of the least free countries in the world, and human rights violations such as torture, political imprisonment, arbitrary arrest, and poor prison conditions are common. According to Based on 2023 State Department report.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out for comment, but the Florida Democratic Party withheld a public statement.
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