Republican candidates have it backwards on the Cuba embargo.
Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls on Congress to end the trade embargo the U.S. has imposed against Cuba since 1962, Friday, July 31, 2015, during a campaign stop at Florida International University in Miami. (AP Photo/Gaston De Cardenas)
Democratic U.S presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a speech on Cuban relations at Florida International University in Miami, Florida July 31, 2015. Clinton on Friday called for the U.S. Congress to end the U.S. economic embargo in Cuba and said she would make it easier for Americans to travel to the Communist-led island if she were president. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Democratic U.S presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (R) is introduced by Frank O. Mora, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University, before her speech on Cuban relations in Miami, Florida July 31, 2015. Clinton on Friday called for the U.S. Congress to end the U.S. economic embargo in Cuba and said she would make it easier for Americans to travel to the Communist-led island if she were president. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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In Miami, Hillary Clinton will lay out her forward-looking strategy of engagement with Cuba, drawing a sharp comparison with Republican candidates’ efforts to continue failed Cold War policies.
Simply put, Republicans refuse to learn the lessons of the past or pay attention to what’s worked and what hasn’t. Why would we continue policies that have accomplished absolutely nothing? Fifty-four years of isolationism has strengthened the Castro regime’s grip on power, not crippled it. It’s time to start empowering the Cuban people, not the Castros.
In 2009, the US began relaxing some policies toward Cuba, and we’re already witnessing the benefits. Since then, we’ve seen a boom in Cuban entrepreneurship that validates the power of engagement and direct exposure to American free-market capitalism.
As President, Hillary Clinton will continue to use engagement and American leadership to build on this progress. She will take advantage of our enhanced presence to advance our values and interests, engage with those who support change in Cuba, address human rights abuses, and restore our influence in the region.
So the choice is clear. We can chart a different path forward in Cuba, betting on American influence to lift up the Cuban people with free-market principles and access. Or we can turn back the progress we’ve made in favor of failed isolationism, and leave both our foreign policy and the Cuban people imprisoned by the past.
Across the spectrum, people are ready for a new chapter in the relationship between the United States and Cuba:
According to Pew, 72% of Americans – and 59% of Republicans – support ending the trade embargo with Cuba.
According to Univision, among Cuban-Americans, 40% are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports normalization, compared to only 26% who are against it, and an overwhelming majority of Cubans in Cuba support normalization
HEADLINE: GOP House member files bill to end U.S. embargo on Cuba [USA Today, 7/28/15]
But Republican presidential candidates continue to support the failed policies of yesterday. Check out how their backwards rhetoric squares with reality:
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Marco Rubio: “Mr. Obama’s new Cuba policy is a victory for oppressive governments the world over and will have real, negative consequences for the American people.”
Moving past the inflammatory rhetoric, Marco Rubio has simply got this dead wrong. Normalizing relations with Cuba isn’t a victory for Castro – it’s a threat. The victory for the Castro regime has been five decades of isolationism and embargo that have strengthened their grip of power while giving them a scapegoat for all the island’s woes. Growing and modernizing the Cuban economy will empower its people. And engagement with Cuba benefits Americans as well, through increased trade and opportunities to visit family.
Jeb Bush: “We’re not a step closer to freedom in Cuba because of the actions the president’s taking.”
Starting in 2009, the United States set out to make it easier for Cuban Americans to visit Cuba, support private businesses, and send money to family members. Since then, the number of annual visits by Cuban Americans has doubled and the number of Cubans employed by small businesses has surpassed 400,000, demonstrating the benefits and power of engagement. And lifting the embargo fully and ensuring access to 21st century technology would further empower the Cuban people to assert their independence from the Castro regime.
Scott Walker: “There’s a reason why we had the policy in the first place. I haven’t seen solid enough evidence to make me believe there’s been a noticeable change to change the policy this country’s had through administrations in both parties.”
Believe it or not, Scott Walker’s assessment of the situation is dead-on – there hasn’t been a noticeable change in Cuba’s policy. That’s exactly the point. There was in fact “a reason we had the policy in the first place” and the reason was because we hoped it would cripple the Castro regime. It has not. It defies logic to continue a policy that’s hurt the Cuban people and been at best, futile, and at worst, counterproductive in respect to its intended goals.
Rick Perry: “‘This is a regime that has been incredibly onerous to the people of Cuba […] I’m not sure you’re ever going to change the culture of Cuba until Castro is dead and gone.”
Like Walker (and the majority of the GOP field), Perry wants to continue a policy that he admits has failed – and in his case, he seems to concede that there is no hope for success in the future. The isolation of Cuba has long placed burden on the Cuban people, without anything to show for it. It’s time to lift the embargo, take away the Castro’s excuse for its failures, and engage the people of Cuba with American leadership.
Jeb Bush: “Obama’s rush to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba is wrong.”
Rush? We’ve been pursuing the same failed strategy of isolationism toward Cuba for fifty-four years. It’s high time to acknowledge that it hasn’t worked, and move forwar
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL), Dr. Ben Carson, former Governor Martin O’Malley (D-MD), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke at the National Urban League conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Good morning. Good morning. Wow. This is a great way to start my day. And I’m delighted to be here with you. I want to thank Marc for not only the introduction, but all of his work over the years. I have been a fan of Marc’s since he was mayor of New Orleans. He did great work there — and he’s doing great work at the National Urban League. So thank you, Marc. And we’re all thinking, as I hope we do every year, about New Orleans as we near the 10th anniversary of Katrina. Something like that should never be allowed to happen in the United States of America again. So we have to keep learning the lessons and re-pledging our commitment.
I want to thank everyone for welcoming me here today. I want to give a shout-out to your national chairman of the board Michael Neidorff; also, backstage I saw a longtime friend of mine, Congressman Alcee Hastings; and Alexis Herman, who served in my husband’s administration; and Tony West, who served in President Obama’s administration. There’s a veritable hall of fame here for this event. And I can never come to a National Urban League gathering without mentioning my lifelong friend Vernon Jordan. He may not be here today, but he’s with us in spirit because of his deep love and commitment to this organization.
It’s also close to my heart. Over the years, I’ve gotten the chance to work with you, learn from you. I’ve pored over your State of Black America reports, I’ve spoken at your conferences, but most importantly, I’ve seen how you change people’s lives.
The theme of this conference — “Saving Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice” — speaks to the important work that you’ve been doing for decades. I know that you help black entrepreneurs get start-up capital. I know you help people find jobs. I know you give families financial counseling so they can achieve their dreams of buying a home or sending their kids to college. And you make sure parents have the tools to take care of their kids’ health. That’s the kind of day-to-day commitment that makes such a difference. As you help prepare young people for college and work in a world that can sometimes make them feel that they’re not very important, you make sure they know just how precious and powerful they really are.
This vital work has been my work too. My first job out of law school wasn’t at some big law firm; it was with the Children’s Defense Fund, started by Marian Wright Edelman. That first summer after I graduated, I went door to door for kids shut out of school and denied the education they deserve. I also began a lifelong concern by working with the CDF to try to figure out what we did with kids caught up in the juvenile and adult prison systems. As First Lady, I helped create the Children’s Health Insurance Program. You were an ally in doing that. As Senator, I championed small businesses owned by women and people of color, because that’s where a lot of the jobs in America come from. I fought to raise the minimum wage — because no one who works hard in America should have to raise their kids in poverty.
These issues — your issues — are deeply personal to me. So I’m here early on this morning, first and foremost, to say thank you. But I’m also here to talk about the future — because the work you have been doing is more important than ever, and I’m going to keep doing that work right alongside you.
Now, I would love nothing more than to stay and have a conversation for hours, going into depth about every single issue that we are worried about, but you have a full slate of speakers that will follow me. So let me make three points about the work we need to do together.
First: The opportunity gap that America is facing is not just about economic inequality. It is about racial inequality. Now, that may seem obvious to you, but it bears underscoring because some of the evidence that backs it up would come as a shock to many Americans. Like how African Americans are nearly three times as likely as whites to be denied a mortgage. Or how, in 2013, the median wealth for white families was more than $134,000 — but for African American families, it was just $11,000.
A lot of people don’t realize that our schools are more segregated today than they were in 1968. Or even that African Americans are sentenced to longer prison terms than white people for the same crimes. Or that political operatives are trying every trick in the book to prevent African Americans from voting.
And listen to this one, because as somebody who started with the Children’s Defense Fund and who now is the proud and delighted grandmother of a 10-month-old granddaughter — African American children are 500 percent — 500 percent — more likely to die from asthma than white kids. Now, I studied and advocated and introduced legislation to close health disparities. I knew how severe they were, but 500 percent?
So all of this points to an unavoidable conclusion: race. Race still plays a significant role in determining who gets ahead in America and who gets left behind. And yes, while that’s partly a legacy of discrimination that stretches back to the start of our nation, it is also because of discrimination that is still ongoing.
I’m not saying anything you don’t already know. You understand this better than I do — better than anyone. But I want to say it anyway. Because I’m planning to be President, and anyone who seeks that office has a responsibility to say it. And more than that, to grapple with the systemic inequities that so many Americans face. Anyone who asks for your vote should try their hardest to see things as they actually are, not just as we want them to be. So I want you to know I see it and I hear you. And the racial disparity you work hard every day to overcome go against everything I believe in, and everything I want to help America achieve.
The second point is this: This is not just about statistics, as damning as they can be. This is about Americans doing some soul-searching and holding ourselves to account. This is about all of us looking into our hearts, examining our assumptions and fears, and asking ourselves: What more can I do in my life to counter hate and injustice? How can I make our country a better, fairer place?
Let me be clear: I think all of us need to do that kind of introspection. But those of us who have not experienced systemic racial inequities — we have an extra obligation. We need to do a better job of listening when people talk about the seen and unseen barriers they face every day. We need to practice humility, rather than assume that our experiences are everyone’s experiences. And yes, we need to try, as best we can, to walk in one another’s shoes — to imagine what it would be like to sit our son down and have “the talk,” or if people followed us around stores, or locked their car doors when we walked past.
That empathy — that’s what makes it possible for people from every background, every race, every religion, to come together as one nation. That’s the kind of generosity of spirit that makes a country like America endure. And given what we’ve seen and experienced over the last two years, this is an urgent call for people to search their own hearts and minds.
Here’s my third point: We’ve arrived at a moment when all these challenges are in sharp relief, and we have to seize it. Too many times now, Americans have come together, in shock and horror, to process a violent, senseless tragedy. Like Trayvon Martin, shot to death not in some empty, desolate street somewhere, but in a gated community. He wasn’t a stranger, he had family there. Or Sandra Bland, a college-educated young woman who knew her rights, who didn’t do anything wrong, but still ended up dying in a jail cell. Together, we’ve mourned Tamir Rice and Eric Garner, Walter Scott and Freddie Gray, and most recently, Sam Dubose. These names are emblazoned on our hearts. We’ve seen their faces, we’ve heard their grieving families. We’ve seen a massacre in Charleston, and black churches set on fire — today, in 2015.
But thankfully, tragedy is not all we have seen. Yes, the Confederate battle flag came down finally in South Carolina. The families of the Charleston victims reached out with extraordinary grace to the man who killed their loved ones. And President Obama delivered a eulogy that sounded as though it had come straight from angels, ending with Amazing Grace. Young people have taken to the streets, dignified and determined, urging us to affirm the basic fact that black lives matter. And because of people across this country sharing their stories with courage and strength, a growing number of Americans are realizing what many of you have been saying for a long time — we can’t go on like this; we are better than this; things must change.
Now, it’s up to us to build on that momentum, and we all have to do our part — but those of us who strive to lead have a special responsibility.
I’m very pleased that many presidential candidates will be here today to address you. It is a signal that the work you’ve been doing — laboring in the vineyards for decades — is getting the political attention it deserves. But the real test of a candidate’s commitment is not whether we come to speak at your national conference, as important as that is. It’s whether we’re still around after the cameras are gone and the votes are counted. It’s whether our positions live up to our rhetoric.
And too often we see a mismatch between what some candidates say in venues like this, and what they actually do when they’re elected. I don’t think you can credibly say that everyone has a “right to rise” and then say you’re for phasing out Medicare or for repealing Obamacare. People can’t rise if they can’t afford health care. They can’t rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on. They can’t rise if their governor makes it harder for them to get a college education. And you cannot seriously talk about the right to rise and support laws that deny the right to vote.
So yes, what people say matters, but what they do matters more. Americans, especially today, deserve leaders who will face inequity, race and justice issues in all their complexity head on — who won’t just concede that there are barriers holding people back, who will do instead what it takes to tear those barriers down, once and for all.
I will never stop working on issues of equality and opportunity, race and justice. That is a promise. I’ve done it my entire adult life. I will always be in your corner. Because issues like these — they are why I’m running for president. They are why I got involved in public service in the first place — to tear down the barriers that hold people back from developing their talents and achieving their dreams.
I’m asking you to hold me accountable, to hold all of us accountable. Because the work that you’re doing must lead to action. And you deserve leaders who not only get that, but who will work hard every day to make our country a better place — to make it live up to its potential and to provide the opportunities for every single child in this country to live up to his or her God-given potential.
Yes, I do have this 10-month-old grandchild now, and I’ve got to tell you — those of you who already have reached this incredible, transformational point in your lives understand this — there is nothing like it to focus you on the present. When Bill and I are with Charlotte, doing our best to babysit — the phones are off, the TV is off; we’re just focused on this miracle of life. And we’re the kind of grandparents, I’ll confess, that when she learns to clap her hands we give her a standing ovation. But you see, it’s not just about our granddaughter, is it? We, of course, will do everything we can to make sure she has all the opportunities she should — as a citizen of this country, as a child of God, as a person who has the right to go as far as her hard work and talent will take her. But that’s not enough. I don’t want that just for my granddaughter. I’m the granddaughter of a factory worker who worked from the time he was a teenager to the time he retired in the Scranton lace mills. I know how blessed I’ve been, and opportunities that I had that others with just as much talent did not.
So let us tear down the barriers so no matter whose child you are or grandchild you are, you too will have the same chance. I’m proud to be your ally. I’m committed to being your partner. I will keep fighting right alongside you, today and always, to make the United States of America a country where all men and women, all boys and girls, are treated as they deserve to be — as equals. I know we can do this. I know the path ahead is not easy. But I’m absolutely convinced that we will once again join hands and make a difference for those young people who not only need a path, but need the love and embrace of a grateful nation for the contributions they each will make to a better future for us all.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton waves as she is introduced before speaking to the National Urban League, Friday, July 31, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks before the National Urban League, Friday, July 31, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Here is a response, an important one, that you can use to counter those who keep insisting that Hillary has a “trustworthiness” problem. From The Briefing. Here is a little peek.
Hillary Clinton traveled to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami where she spoke at the National Urban League and delivered remarks on the need to end the embargo on Cuba.
Here’s what people are saying:
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Clinton was undoubtedly the candidate folks at the annual convention had wanted to see most. She got the loudest welcoming applause, the most people clamoring for a brief audience with her, and the most widespread approval by members of the Urban League, who gave her speech the morning’s only standing ovation.
I have said it before. Years of blogging have taught me that many people do not read. They see headlines and ingest that (which is my big issue with the New York Times never emphatically apologizing to Hillary for their dastardly header of July 23).
The difference between seeing and reading is similar to the difference between hearing and listening. Those for whom reading is just too much of a pain in the butt have a service which will digest the news for them and serve up the morning pablum. (In fairness, yes I do know that some people simply do not have time to read as much as they would like to, and I hope this is a boon to them.)
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It is not a newsfeed that finds stories of interest to you. It is a site that reads the stories for you, puts it in a food processor, and makes a smoothie. Sounds peachy.
Today they “skimm’d” Hillary. Here’s the “skimm.” Some say it reads like a job interview (and she is, in fact, applying for a job). To me it reads a lot like her old MySpace page from 2008.
Fmr. US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner in a small group of Dems that want you to give them the top job at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave — an address she knows well as a former First Lady. Get to know your candidate here. Note: ALL candidates have been offered the chance to Guest Skimm. Opinions are of the candidate, not theSkimm.
Clearly Hillary wisely cooperated with this entry, and it is just another social media website. This particular entry resembles her own site The Briefing. But as the election cycle evolves, it is probably yet another site Hillary folks will want to keep an eye on because it is not at all clear exactly how fair and objective the “skimming” will be.
In the interest of trusting but verifying, Hillary watchers, you can sign up here for Skimm to receive their latest takes on the stories you need to know about in the morning. I am giving this a “we’ll see.”
Yesterday, Hillary was at a private fundraiser in Scranton that was closed to the press.
A young Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter holds two U.S. flags on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in the Green Ridge section of Scranton, Pa., where Clinton spoke during a private fundraiser at the home of long time supporter Virginia McGregor on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. ( Butch Comegys / The Scranton Times-Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton walks with her brother Hugh Rodham during a private fundraiser at the home of long time supporter Virginia McGregor in the Green Ridge section of Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The event was closed to the media. (Butch Comegys /The Times & Tribune via AP) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures with a smile after speaking during a private fundraiser at the home of long time supporter Virginia McGregor in the Green Ridge section of Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The event was closed to the media. (Butch Comegys /The Times & Tribune via AP) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Following her Town Hall in Nashua yesterday, Hillary was on the stump at a couple of farms in New Hampshire.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton picks out fresh corn during a visit to Dimond Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to a crowd at the Beech Hill Farm during a campaign stop Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Hopkinton, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton gets fresh tomatoes at Dimond Hill Farm between campaign stops Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Hopkinton, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Jane Presby owner of Dimond Hill Farm during stop Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Hopkinton, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Jane Presby owner of Dimond Hill Farm as she picks corn Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Hopkinton, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton picks out tomatoes with owner Jane Presby (L) during a visit to Dimond Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton visits Dimond Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) listens as she is introduced during a campaign stop at Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets voters during a campaign stop at Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
At a Town Hall in Nashua NH today, Hillary addressed a variety of topics from the economy to women’s equity to climate change. As always, those too young to vote captured her special attention.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a town hall campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a question from the audience during a town hall campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton answers a question from the audience during a town hall campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts to the show of hands in the audience with questions during a town hall campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a thumbs up at the conclusion of a town hall campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hugs ten year-old Emily Wall, after Wall asked to shake the hand of the first female President of the United States, during town hall campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton walks away after answering questions from reporters following a town hall campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
At a recent campaign event in New Hampshire, a charmingly precocious little boy really put the former Secretary of State on the spot, asking, “What do you think is the most important part of life, like out of all the things in life? Such as, health care, um, education, and all that stuff—what do you think is the most important?”
Bravo, young man! Clinton herself was impressed. “What a great question,” she said, shaking the budding journalist’s hand. “I think we have either a future philosopher or a theologian…”
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks to reporters following a town hall campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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