Chad Pergram asked Rubio why he was so confident the Cuba shift would be a disaster and not a success like the Camp David accords or the Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland, which also had their critics. “Because I know the Cuban regime and its true nature better than this president does or anybody in his administration does,” the senator replied. Another questioner pointed out that younger Cuban Americans support normal relations with Cuba. “I don’t care if the polls say that 99 percent of people believe we should normalize relations in Cuba,” Rubio answered, later adding: “I don’t care if 99 percent of people in polls disagree with my position. This is my position, and I feel passionately about it.” He threatened to use his new position as a subcommittee chairman on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to block the nomination of an ambassador to Cuba and the building of an embassy there, and he said the better policy would be to increase the Soviet-era sanctions.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:39:17 +0000