Cuban official accused of shoving US diplomat during Mike Waltzs shouting match at UN to be kicked out of US: Hes gone

The Cuban official who allegedly “shoved and tried to assault” an American diplomat recording Mike Waltz’s shouting match with Havana’s foreign minister on the floor of the UN is to be kicked out of the US, the Ambassador has confirmed.The delegate – identified by Cuban media as Richard Tur de la Concepción – seemed to grab US diplomat J.P.Freire’s cell phone while he filming Waltz’s spat with Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla that erupted on the floor of the UN’s General Assembly Hall Tuesday.Tur de la Concepción – the First Secretary of Cuba’s Permanent Mission to the UN – wagged his finger and pushed Freire’s device away before accusing him of “violating [his] personal space,” according to video shared by Waltz.Waltz told Fox News’ “Hannity” that the Cuban official in question “shoved and tried to assault” a member of the American delegation, confirming Secretary of State Marco Rubio had “signed the paperwork to eject” him from the US.“He’s gone.

He’s going to be on a plane to Havana within the next 24 hours.You lay a hand on an American here in the United States, President Trump, Secretary Rubio, and myself – we’re not going to stand for it.”Waltz accused the Cuban delegation of trying to use the UN as a “propaganda platform to paint themselves as the victim” – just a day before the UN votes on a resolution condemning the US economic embargo on Cuba. “They spew lies, they spew propaganda,” he said.

“They blame the blockade, which doesn’t exist.By the way, that would be a ring of navy ships that doesn’t allow anything in or out.

It’s an absolute lie.”Waltz said his tirade – where he accused the Havana government of profiting off the forced labor of its own citizens – triggered a “meltdown” among the Cuban delegation but said it was a way of countering communist propaganda with “hard truths.”“They didn’t like hearing those hard truths,” he told Sean Hannity.“They’re us...