What Barbara Lee Never Says in Cuba

BY: THE HILL


U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) has been traveling to Cuba for decades.


During each trip, she meets with Cuban dictators Fidel and Raul Castro, then returns to the U.S. arguing the importance of unconditionally embracing their brutal regime.

Not once has she taken issue with the Castro regime's systemic violations of the Cuban people's fundamental human rights.

Yet, last week, in reference to the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters in her Congressional district of Oakland, she stated what she has never dared tell her friends, Fidel and Raul Castro:

“These are peaceful protesters who have a right to petition their government.”

Apparently, for Congresswoman Lee, Cubans don't deserve similar rights.