{"id":61344,"date":"2026-07-25T14:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=61344"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:44:07","slug":"watch-cuba-loving-dem-congressman-makes-an-embarrassing-blunder-while-trying-to-dunk-on-marco-rubios-policy-toward-the-communist-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=61344","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Cuba-Loving Dem Congressman Makes an Embarrassing Blunder While Trying to Dunk on Marco Rubio\u2019s Policy Toward the Communist Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) embarrasses himself during a House hearing on Wednesday. Credit: C-SPAN screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A far-left Democrat congressman made perhaps the congressional blunder of the month earlier this week while trying to attack Secretary of State Marco Rubio for his policy toward Communist Cuba.<\/p>\n

As Fox News reported<\/a>, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) got into a spat with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz during a committee hearing on Wednesday regarding a report the State Department released earlier this week concerning the island.<\/p>\n

The report details a decades-long influence campaign the Cuban government has pushed within the United States to sow division and promote Marxist ideas.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom its earliest years in power, the Cuban regime has believed that its own survival and strategic interests were inextricably linked to the advance of the revolutionary left inside the United States,\u201d the report notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pocan visited Cuba earlier in July, where he demanded that the Trump administration stop its pressure campaign against the Marxist regime. He also blamed U.S. sanctions for the island\u2019s economic misery.<\/p>\n

Pocna predictably bashed Rubio\u2019s report as well, calling it a pretext for overthrowing the island\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

When Waltz decided to call Pocan out during the hearing for being a useful idiot for the Cuban regime, Pocan responded by shockingly claiming that Rubio\u2019s opinion and policy toward Cuba hold no water because he has never been to the island.<\/p>\n

Except there is one problem, as Waltz pointed out: Rubio\u2019s entire family is from Cuba. They perfectly understand the devastation communism has wrought on what was once a fairly prosperous country.<\/p>\n

Such a truism has been instilled in Rubio throughout his life and helps make him a perfect expert on Cuba and the Castro regime, unlike Pocan, who just happened to go on a little vacation.<\/p>\n

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POCAN: You\u2019ve never been to Cuba, I\u2019m not taking your advice.<\/p>\n

WALTZ: I hope that you wouldn\u2019t allow your visits to be used for Cuban regime propaganda.<\/p>\n

POCAN: Marco Rubio has never been to Cuba, so many others who have strong opinions.<\/p>\n

WALTZ: His entire family is from Cuba. pic.twitter.com\/tlKp87kHDf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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WALTZ: During your visit (to Cuba), did you visit the private island of the Castro regime? Did you visit the private jet\u2026<\/p>\n

POCAN: Considering you\u2019ve never been to Cuba, I\u2019m not going to take your advice on where to go\u2026I can\u2019t tell you how to groom your hair \u2018cause I can\u2019t give good advice on that.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need your advice on Cuba. Are we going to have a military action against Cuba? Because it seems that\u2019s what this report is setting up.<\/p>\n

WALTZ: I am not going to take military options off the table for the president of the United States, but I would hope you would not allow your visits to be used for Cuban regime propaganda\u2026<\/p>\n

POCAN: Yeah but\u2026 Marco Rubio has never been to Cuba, so many others who have strong opinions.<\/p>\n

WALTZ: His entire family is from Cuba.<\/p>\n

POCAN: They left before the revolution! That is decades ago.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a ridiculous answer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The post WATCH: Cuba-Loving Dem Congressman Makes an Embarrassing Blunder While Trying to Dunk on Marco Rubio\u2019s Policy Toward the Communist Island<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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