On Sunday, President Obama and his family arrived
in Cuba for the first presidential visit to the country in 88 years.
Ahead of the visit, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the son of Cuban
immigrants, took to Facebook to explain why he feels as though the visit
is "one of the most disgraceful trips ever taken by a U.S. president."
Take a look at the full, blistering, takedown:
Rubio makes fair points. Obama's itinerary for his Cuba trip is basically a kid's gloves, least controversy as possible type of visit. Everyday Cubans are still living under a dictatorship, and it's entirely possible that all the visit is going to do is stoke the egos of the people in power--not improve things for the little guy.
On
Sunday, President Obama will touch down in Cuba for what promises to be
one of the most disgraceful trips ever taken by a U.S. president
anywhere in the world. This is an Obama presidential trip whose ultimate
results will be giving away legitimacy and money to an anti-American
regime that actively undermines our national security interests and acts
against our values every single day. President Obama’s entourage will
sleep in hotels controlled by the Cuban military that w...
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Rubio makes fair points. Obama's itinerary for his Cuba trip is basically a kid's gloves, least controversy as possible type of visit. Everyday Cubans are still living under a dictatorship, and it's entirely possible that all the visit is going to do is stoke the egos of the people in power--not improve things for the little guy.
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