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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “I'm calling them out. I'm saying that there are many places that are pleasant, that you don't feel like you're being a…”

On the recordApril 7, 2013
I'm calling them out. I'm saying that there are many places that are pleasant, that you don't feel like you're being a pawn in the game of this communist tyranny.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Ros-Lehtinen criticizes Beyonce and Jay-Z for their trip to Cuba, expressing that it is inappropriate to support the Cuban regime.

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