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On the recordApril 9, 2014
I think it is dumb, dumb, and even dumber to go ahead and suggest that there can be freedom, and that we should seek freedom of Internet access and freedom of expression globally, but that somehow the people of Cuba do not deserve the same freedom.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the inconsistency in advocating for freedom in Cuba.

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