The Republican National Committee warned Wednesday that the Democratic Socialists of America's online tribute to Fidel Castro would damage Democrats in November after the group praised the late Cuban dictator and demanded U.S.Secretary of State Marco Rubio's prosecution over the Trump administration's Cuba pressure campaign."Democrats are openly embracing the same policies that left the people of Venezuela, Cuba, and China with empty shelves, no electricity, and their freedoms stripped away," national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre told Fox News Digital.
"Their embrace of this poisonous ideology is political suicide and it will be their downfall in November."Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, condemned Castro's legacy in a post on X last Thursday, the centenary of Castro's death.He did not mention the DSA by name.CUBA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSES MARCO RUBIO OF LYING TO AMERICANS TO JUSTIFY ACTION AGAINST CUBAThe Democratic Socialists of America praised Fidel Castro and demanded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s prosecution for crimes against humanity.
(Getty Images; Fox News)"Fidel Castro was a complete failure at everything except destroying Cuba and impoverishing, jailing and murdering his own people," Rubio said."I strongly suggest that anyone tempted to try and follow his example should carefully reconsider, because if they do they would be dooming themselves to failure as well," he added.The DSA statement described Castro, who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century after the 1959 revolution, as a model of anti-imperialist resistance."Fidel was an organizer, a fighter, and endures as a stalwart symbol of anti-imperialist struggle and self-determination for the Global South," the organization said.TRUMP EXPANDS CUBA SANCTIONS BEYOND US COMPANIES IN MAJOR CRACKDOWN ON FOREIGN ENABLERSMarco Rubio condemned Castro as a failure who impoverished, jailed and murdered the Cuban people.(Eric Lee/Getty Images)The DSA said U.S.
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