The Biden Administration has continuously faced serious criticism and one of these as they turned a blind eye to the plight of Anti-communist protestors resisting the authoritarian regime of Cuban Presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel.
On Wednesday Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) blasted the White House for “shameful cowardice” after the White House hang up on him when he called to speak to President Biden about a Cuban human rights activist being detained on the island.
Fox News confirmed that a spokesperson for Scott informed them:
The senator made the call asking to speak to Biden on Wednesday — his second call this week to the White House about José Daniel Ferrer’s alleged detainment and torture by the Cuban government.
The spokesperson said Friday that the senator’s first call was sent to a voicemail and his second call resulted in a disconnection.
A Twitter post was also made by Scott about his hang-up by the Biden administration, blasting the White House for their “shameful cowardice” in not connecting the U.S. senator with the president on the human rights issue.
“The [White House] just hung up on me when I called to talk to someone about the horrific torture & abuse [José Daniel Ferrer] is experiencing as a prisoner of the illegitimate communist Cuban regime,” Scott tweeted on Wednesday.
“This isn’t just weakness, it’s shameful cowardice,” the Florida senator continued. “I won’t tolerate it. #SOSCuba”
The @WhiteHouse just hung up on me when I called to talk to someone about the horrific torture & abuse @jdanielferrer is experiencing as a prisoner of the illegitimate communist Cuban regime.
This isn’t just weakness, it’s shameful cowardice. I won’t tolerate it. #SOSCuba
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) December 15, 2021
NBC reported:
“There’s a rule before July 11 and after July 11,” Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere, told NBC News, referring to the historic protests that took place in Cuba over the summer.
“After July 11, we hit the pause button,” Gonzalez said. “Even those Cuban Americans that were pro-engagement said, ‘We need to wait — we need to look at this moment and figure out how we move forward from here.’”
It’s a far cry from what Senator Marco Rubio called for in July as the streets of Cuba were alive with protests that could’ve succeeded with American encouragement.
“‘What can we do?’ is what people want to know. Number one, I hope we will all be clear about whose side we’re on. You don’t even have to agree with anything I’ve said. What you should agree with is that people everywhere in the world, including 90 miles from our shore, should be allowed to go into the street, peacefully march, call for an end to dictatorship, and not have their head cracked open.”
“By the way, no one in Cuba has guns except the military, so why are these repressive forces walking around with these rifles and people [are] getting shot? They’re shooting people that literally are unarmed… We should be clear in our language. We don’t just condemn this tyranny; we condemn this communism, this Marxist — this socialist — tyranny. Call it for what it is.”
Watch it here: The Hill/video
Sources: Deep State Rabbit Hole, Yahoo News, The Hill, NBC