Capitol Hill Democrats Push Back on Cuba Policy

This week, National Nurses United joined lawmakers outside the Capitol to demand an end to Trump’s economic war against Cuba. Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) spoke at the press conference, where they denounced the weaponization of healthcare, food, fuel and medicine against the Cuban people. 

“When you engage the United States Navy, you surround a nation, and you cut off the vital supply — that’s an act of war,” said Rep. Jackson. "There are 10 million people suffering on that island, being denied healthcare, being denied access to medicine, being denied access to equipment.”

These four representatives are part of a growing number of Democrat lawmakers trying to prevent the Trump administration from possible military intervention in Cuba. In a Senate floor speech last month, U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-VA) cautioned that the Trump administration is waging an “unauthorized, unjustified, reckless war with Cuba.”