Two of Congress’s most left-wing Democrats led a secret delegation of 100 lawmakers to Cuba last week to discuss issues of human rights.
The Miami Herald reported on Tuesday that Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) visited Havana on a trip that was not reported by state media.
Only when the Herald published a story about the trip did a spokesperson for the Congressional Progressive Caucus confirm the visit, suggesting they were not otherwise looking to publicly disclose the visit.
“Representatives Jayapal and Omar traveled to Cuba last week, where they met with people from across Cuban civil society and government officials to discuss human rights and the U.S.-Cuba bilateral relationship,” a Caucus spokesperson said.
Both Jayapal and Omar are notorious sympathizers with the Cuban regime and are vocal supporters of ending the decades-long economic embargo imposed…
