Dem representative admits to working with Mexico to sneak oil into Cuba, despite blockade

A Democratic lawmaker is drawing backlash after saying she spoke with foreign ambassadors about getting oil to Cuba despite US sanctions, defending the outreach as “literally our right and responsibility.”Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., made the remarks during a recent Seattle briefing following a congressional delegation trip to Cuba, where she discussed the island’s worsening fuel shortages and US policy toward the communist regime.“I was in conversations with the ambassadors from Mexico and some other places … trying to figure out how to get oil there,” Jayapal said during the briefing, calling the situation on the island “a crisis beyond imagination.”Jayapal said the event was part of a broader briefing on the humanitarian situation in Cuba following her recent visit.“As many of you know, I traveled to Cuba as part of a congressional delegation last month,” she said.“It is part of my role to see how US foreign policy is actually affecting the people in the countries where that policy is being implemented.”She said she met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, senior government officials, political dissidents, civil society groups and foreign diplomats during the trip.Video of the remarks circulated widely on X, where users criticized the progressive lawmaker’s comments and raised legal concerns.Conservative accounts amplified the clip, including End Wokeness, which claimed she was “conspiring against the US” and suggested her actions could constitute a federal felony.Libs of TikTok wrote that her actions “seems a little like treason to me.”Social media users also pointed to potential legal implications.

“Traitor.She should be prosecuted,” wrote “The Charlie Kirk Show” executive producer Andrew Kolvet on X.Those claims are political commentary and have not been independently verified, and no investigation or charges have been publicly announced.Jayapal responded to the backlash in a post on X, writing, “Brea...