Sanders uses Obama to defend his Cuba comments
Bernie Sanders brought up Barack Obama to defend his recent comments praising some aspects of Fidel Castro's Cuba
“What I said is what Barack Obama said in terms of Cuba – that Cuba made progress on education,” Sanders said, prompting some booing from the audience.
“Really? Really?” Sanders responded.
When the Cubans do something good, that should be recognized, he said.
“You don’t have to trade love letters with them,” he added.
Sanders has been much criticized for the comments since he was asked by interviewer Anderson Cooper on Sunday why the Cuban people didn't rise up and help the U.S. overthrow communist dictator Castro. Sanders said Castor “educated their kids, gave them health care, totally transformed the society, you know?"
Joe Biden said Obama’s past comments were different. Obama acknowledged that Cuba increased life expectancy but he condemned Cuba’s dictatorship -- which Biden said Sanders has not.
Sanders called that “categorically untrue.”
Buttigieg got into the game by saying that Democrats will not be able to win critical Congressional races this fall if the party’s nominee is “telling people to look on the bright side of the Castro regime.”
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