Debbie Wasserman Schultz breaks with Obama on Cuba

Debbie Wasserman Schultz breaks with Obama on Cuba
By NICK GASS 7/9/15 1:19 PM EDT

Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz thinks President Barack Obama
should slow down with Cuba before continuing to reopen relations between
the two countries.

"My view is different from President Obama's," the DNC chairwoman said
in an interview with The Daily Signal published Thursday. "I believe a
relationship with the United States should be earned … perhaps we should
make sure that some of these human rights concessions are secured prior
to moving forward."

Obama announced last week that both countries will re-open embassies in
their respective capitals after more than 50 years.

Wasserman Schultz said she hoped the administration could use its
position to benefit the country.

"Anytime we're at the negotiating table with any nation like Cuba that
has as horrendous a human rights record as they do, it's an opportunity
to be able to assert our view that making sure that any nation in the
world should have freedom of their elections, that people should have
the right to elect a person of their choice, that they should be able to
speak freely, even if it is against the actions of their government and
not be subject to arrest, that they should be able to make sure they can
move freely throughout their country," she said."So President Obama's
policy allows us to be able to press those priorities at the negotiating
table."

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