The Biden administration downplays the evil of the communist Cuban regime while simultaneously

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Ben. Well, the Biden administration had a choice. When faced with the fact that there's this

massive movement in Cuba against the regime, the Biden administration could have taken the Obama

attack or they could have taken the more traditional democratic attack. So you'll recall that the

Democratic Party was not pro-Cuba for the vast majority of Cuba's

communist existence. It was JFK, who was the leading sponsor of attempts to overthrow the Castro

regime in Cuba. And Democrats after that were not big fans of the Castro regime or the

communism that it was pushing. And yet now the Democratic Party seems split. And this is reflected

in the attitude of the

Biden White House toward the current Cuban dissonant movement. What we are watching in Cuba right now

is perfectly predictable. We are watching as the as the Cuban regime cracks down on dissidents.

There's a dissonant named Luis Manuel Alcantara, who I spoke with just a few weeks ago via phone. He was in Cuba. The Cuban Security Services cut off the call. He talked about the movement. He explained what the movement was. It was not based merely on the economic circumstances in Cuba. It was not based merely on the lack of vaccines in Cuba. It was not based, in other words, on things that had arisen in the last five minutes. It was, in fact, a

movement that was rooted in a lack of liberty. It was a movement rooted in opposition to the

communist regime itself and its unwillingness to allow for basic human freedoms in the state.

Now, Luis Manuel Alcantra has been detained by the Castro regime.

His family and friends have no idea where he is.

And this is happening to dissidents all over the island, as is perfectly predictable.

Because as it turns out, communist regimes, authoritarian regimes,

the way that they treat dissidents is by picking them up and tossing them in dang cells

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