Contrasting Obama and Trump/Pence statements on Fidel Castro death
Pretty much what you expected
Obama:
Trump/Pence:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/802499192237080576
Trump releases statement on death of Fidel Castro –> pic.twitter.com/Df7fqfY7mq
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) November 26, 2016
The tyrant #Castro is dead. New hope dawns. We will stand with the oppressed Cuban people for a free and democratic Cuba. Viva Cuba Libre!
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) November 26, 2016
[Featured Image: Obama meeting with Raul Castro, March 2016]
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Of note is that “President-Elect Donald Trump called Miami-Dade’s Mayor [Carlos Gimenez] Saturday to express his ‘solidarity’ with the Cuban-American community in the wake of Fidel Castro’s death.”
Gimenez spokesman Michael Hernández confirmed the call and said, “The President-elect expressed his support for and solidarity with the Cuban-American community.”
It’s also of note that Gimenez is a Republican who supported Hillary.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article117230473.html#storylink=cpy