by Dominic Yeatman at Daily Mail
- The top two progressive caucus leaders slipped out of the country while Congress was in recess, for unpublicized trip to the Communist state
- They said the low-key trip was to ‘meet people from across Cuban civil society’ after details leaked out
- Both have been fierce critics of sanctions on the Russian ally, which remains on the US list of state sponsors of terror
Mystery surrounds a secret trip by Squad members Ilhan Omar and Pramila Japayal to Communist Cuba that coincided with a visit by Russia‘s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
The two leaders of the Democrats progressive caucus sparked fury when details of last week’s trip emerged with top Republicans accusing them of a Communist ‘pilgrimage.’
The Congresswomen, who are longstanding critics of the US embargo on the Caribbean island, said they were there to ‘meet with people from across Cuban civil society.’
But critics slammed their support for a country that ‘supports Iran, Russia and Communist China.’
‘It’s outrageous that Members of Congress would visit a country that jails, abuses, and murders their citizens,’ said Rep Nicole Malliotakis, R-NY, herself a daughter of Cuban immigrants…
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