It should have been easy to notice.
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Progressives defend Cuba trip as productive amid GOP backlash
Cuban-American lawmakers said they were offended after Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar visited Havana.
By MATT BERG and ERIC BAZAIL-EIMIL
03/01/2024 06:34 PM EST
Progressive lawmakers hit back on Friday against criticism of their recent trip to Cuba, arguing the pushback largely from Cuban-American Republicans was hyperbolic and meritless.
Last week, Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) visited Havana to meet with Cuban officials, including President Miguel Diaz-Canel, as part of an effort to mend ties with Washington. They also met with relatives of those imprisoned for protesting against the government.
News of the trip only broke publicly this week in a report from the Miami Herald. That prompted criticism from Republican lawmakers, including South Floridas Cuban-American representatives, who slammed the pair for not disclosing the trip publicly before going and questioned why they went at all.
Jayapal told POLITICO the visit was not disclosed beforehand for security reasons, while Omar said it was necessary for informing legislative decisions.
Their reactions are hyperbolic and meritless, Omar said. For them to infer that we would need permission from them to do the work that we think is necessary as members of Congress, again, its ridiculous.
More:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/01/criticism-of-progressives-quiet-cuba-trip-meritless-lawmakers-say-00144535
Even Republican Congressmen have made trip s to Cuba, only their trips were never publicly excoriated, of course, and nothing was ever said about them. I had to find out about my own State's Senator, Pat Brown had made trips there when I called his office for questions on his Cuba position. I learned a long time ago various high-ranking Republicans had supported opening sane communications with Cuba when Fidel Castro was still healthy. They even had a "Working Group" in the Senate to discuss and study it. You only find these things out by paying attention, reading beyond headlines, and doing your homework, taking time out from your busy posting days and do some researching, instead.