Even though Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) seems poised to take the Democrat nomination for president, a few of his peers aren’t pleased with his praise for the regime of murderous Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. From Washington Examiner:

Two House Democrats from South Florida are pushing back at Bernie Sanders, the front-runner for their party’s presidential nomination, over comments he made praising elements of Cuba’s communist regime.

In a 60 Minutes interview aired on Sunday, the 78-year-old Vermont senator said “it’s unfair to simply say everything is bad” about the late Fidel Castro’s regime. Though Sanders said he was very much “opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba,” he highlighted the literacy program Castro implemented.

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Rep. Donna Shalala (FL)…

I'm hoping that in the future, Senator Sanders will take time to speak to some of my constituents before he decides to sing the praises of a murderous tyrant like Fidel Castro. https://t.co/Iwvmay9LOH pic.twitter.com/KT9sQ0pfkh

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— Donna E. Shalala (@DonnaShalala) February 24, 2020

Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL)…

As the first South American immigrant member of Congress who proudly represents thousands of Cuban Americans, I find Senator Bernie Sanders’ comments on Castro’s Cuba absolutely unacceptable.

— Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@DebbieforFL) February 24, 2020

The Castro regime murdered and jailed dissidents, and caused unspeakable harm to too many South Florida families. To this day, it remains an authoritarian regime that oppresses its people, subverts the free press, and stifles a free society.

— Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@DebbieforFL) February 24, 2020

Fellow 2020 candidate Michael Bloomberg also jabbed at Bernie…

Fidel Castro left a dark legacy of forced labor camps, religious repression, widespread poverty, firing squads, and the murder of thousands of his own people.

But sure, Bernie, let’s talk about his literacy program. pic.twitter.com/3Xqu435uoA

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) February 24, 2020

WATCH:

Bernie Sanders defends his 1980s comments about Fidel Castro in an interview on 60 Minutes. https://t.co/ySqvQKoiBU pic.twitter.com/lTwuXWp9sA

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 24, 2020

Liberals and Democrat Socialists know that the arguments for which they fight are bunk. Yet, they keep pressing forward – often times making the point for conservatism without even knowing it.

Sanders did just that, not long ago.

And it was gold.

WATCH:

Bernie Sanders tries to praise communist China, ends up accidentally praising free-market principles: “They have made more progress in addressing extreme poverty than any country in the history of civilization, so they’ve done a lot of things for their people” pic.twitter.com/FqNQkOKBwG

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 27, 2019

Democrats: Doing everything possible to ensure America falls. Why don’t they just come out and admit it, already?

Who do they think they’re fooling, at this point?

Check out Sanders, who continues to do all he can to drive the point home.

WATCH:

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says that his healthcare plan will give free government healthcare to millions of illegal aliens at the expense of American taxpayers

Host: “Would you include the 11 million undocumented immigrants in that?”

Sanders: “Absolutely” pic.twitter.com/58IXKnBvXn

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 21, 2019

Reactions:

So what we are just literally offering free health care to the whole world basically ?

— Timbo Slice (@TimLukeAnderson) June 21, 2019

Free stuff for everybody and I mean EVERYbody!

— Eddie Robbins (@eddierobbins) June 21, 2019

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/PhqttGZhAv

— Patricia Rimbau (@PatriciaRimbau) June 21, 2019

This is atrocious to all American taxpayers!

— Missy S (@MissyS44534404) June 21, 2019