Biden apos;s VP Hopeful Bass Is Under Fire For Past Comment About Castro

[/news/florida/index.html Florida] Democrats have expressed concern about Karen Bass being [/news/joe-biden/index.html Joe Biden]'s potential Vice President, because of the [/news/california/index.html California] Congresswoman's response to [/news/fidel-castro/index.html Fidel Castro]'s death in 2016.
'As Cuba begins nine days of mourning, I wish to express my condolences to the Cuban people and the family of Fidel Castro,' Bass partially stated in November 2016. 'The passing of the Comandante en Jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba.
This week the Miami state Rep. Javier Fernandez said that Bass' reference to Castro as 'commander-in-chief', in Spanish, was 'troubling'. 
US Rep Donna Shalala said she 'disagrees' with Bass' comments.
Castro was the leader of Cuba after seizing power in 1959, until stepping down in 2008 when his brother Raul succeeded him. He died in 2018 at the age of 90.
He is widely viewed as a tyrannical dictator, tour hồ ba bể and hundreds of thousands of Cuban exiles who fled the regime still live in Florida.
In November 2016 Karen Bass said in a statement: 'The passing of the Comandante en Jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba.' Fidel Castro is pictured right
Biden is reportedly considering Bass as a running mate for the November election after Amy Klobuchar urged him to select a woman of color
The Florida Democrats were asked to comment amid closer scrutiny on the head of the Black Caucus after it was recently reported she is being considered as a running mate for Biden.
During debates with Bernie Sanders, Biden said he planned to select a female VP candidate. 
'I disagree with the Congresswoman's comments on Cuba. I invite people to come to Miami where we can educate them on the tyrannical dictatorship that has decimated Cuba for 60 years,' US Rep Donna Shalala, told [ RELATED ARTICLES][# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-8467879/Donald-Trump-says-told-Russia-paying-Taliban-kill-troops.html BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump says 'nobody told him' about...] [/wires/ap/article-8467175/Biden-campaign-says-36-senior-staff-people-color.html Biden campaign says 36% of senior staff are people of color] [/news/article-8467063/White-House-DENIES-Trump-briefed-report-Russia-paid-Taliban-kill-U-S-troops.html Biden says it is 'shocking' if report Trump knew Russia had...] [/femail/article-8463645/BBC-documentary-reveals-history-Donald-Trump-tweets.html The man who introduced Donald Trump to Twitter: BBC...]



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'The comments are troubling,' Miami state Rep. Javier Fernandez told the outlet. 'It shows a lack of understanding about what the Castro regime was about. So I have to learn more about her position and perspective on Fidel Castro.
'Praise like the one that was given by Bass at the time of Castro's death is inconsistent with my family's experience with what the regime did — and continues to do — to people on the island, which is to suppress human rights, keep people under a totalitarian thumb and stifle economic growth.'
Other parts of Bass' statement on Castro were not a far departure from what President Barack Obama and kynghidongduong.vn US Secretary John Kerry as they tried to strengthen relations between the US and Cuba.
US Rep Donna Shalala said: 'I disagree with the Congresswoman's comments on Cuba. I invite people to come to Miami where we can educate them on the tyrannical dictatorship that has decimated Cuba for 60 years'
Bass continued in her 2016 statement: 'I hope together, our two nations will continue on the new path of support and collaboration with one another, and continue in the new direction of diplomacy.'
Obama said in part: 'Today, we offer condolences to Fidel Castro's family, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Cuban people. In the days ahead, tour hồ ba bể từ hà nội they will recall the past and also look to the future. As they do, the Cuban people must know that they have a friend and partner in the United States of America.'
Kerry's statement included: 'We extend our condolences to the Cuban people today as they mourn the passing of Fidel Castro. Over more than half a century, he played an outsized role in their lives, and he influenced the direction of regional, even global affairs...'
Former 2020 Candidate Bernie Sanders came under fire in February when he defended his 1985 comments about Casto.
He told 60 Minutes that while 'we're very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba... it's unfair to simply say everything is bad.'
'When Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program,' he told Anderson Cooper during the interview. 'Is that a bad thing, even though Fidel Castro did it?'




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