Well, we already knew that BLM was a marxist\/commie organization. This merely confirms that ‘the far left’ are commies too.<\/p>\n
AOC, Omar silent after Black Lives Matter voices support for Cuban regime<\/a><\/p>\n Democratic Reps.\u00a0Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>\u00a0of New York,\u00a0Ilhan Omar<\/a>\u00a0of Minnesota and\u00a0Cori Bush<\/a>\u00a0of Missouri have yet to weigh in on\u00a0Black Lives Matter<\/a>\u00a0declaring its support for Cuba’s communist regime, even though the congresswomen have been vocal BLM supporters in the past.<\/p>\n Black Lives Matter sparked a backlash late Wednesday after posting a statement that blasted the U.S. embargo and praised Cuba’s government.<\/p>\n “The people of Cuba are being punished by the U.S. government because the country has maintained its commitment to sovereignty and self-determination,” the statement said. “United States leaders have tried to crush this Revolution for decades.”<\/p>\n The statement also credited Cuba’s government for “protecting Black revolutionaries like Assata Shakur,” a convicted cop-killer who fled to Cuba after escaping from prison in 1979. BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors has\u00a0repeatedly praised<\/a>\u00a0Shakur in the past.<\/p>\n Ocasio-Cortez and Omar are vocal supporters of BLM, while Bush was a\u00a0BLM activist<\/a>\u00a0before joining Congress.<\/p>\n