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<\/p>\nRUSH: I\u2019ve got a couple of sound bites. You know what? I\u2019m gonna play \u2019em now. I gotta get these in, \u2019cause if I don\u2019t take advantage of the remaining time in this segment, I\u2019m not gonna get \u2019em in. It\u2019s Crazy Bernie doubling down on Castro\u2019s “literacy program.” Remember, you\u2019ve got all these people like Jonathan Chait and Thomas Friedman running around saying, “It doesn\u2019t look good to be praising Castro, to be praising…”<\/p>\n
The whole Democrat Party does! They wear Che Guevara T-shirts. Every Hollywood actor and actress loves Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro. The Democrat Party sidles up to these people. Bernie is not an outlier. He\u2019s not weird in this. He\u2019s very common, and now he\u2019s out saying that Castro had one of the greatest literacy programs ever. He\u2019s been criticized for it. So now he\u2019s doubling down. In fact, he got a question. In fact, he was on with Fredo.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s even better. Two experts in communism! Ha-ha.<\/p>\n
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Fredo Cuomo says to Crazy Bernie, “You said on 60 Minutes it\u2019s unfair to simply say that everything is bad with the way Castro rules in Cuba. Now, Democrat members of Congress who represent Cuban-Americans in Florida are attacking your comment as absolutely unacceptable, singing the praises of a murderous tyrant,” and, by the way, Crazy Bernie, keep talking, because you\u2019ve just lost Florida for the Democrats. You just lost. The more you talk about what a great guy Castro is, you have no chance of Democrats of winning Florida.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what Crazy Bernie said…<\/p>\n
SANDERS: When Fidel Castro first came to power, you know what he did? He initiated a major literacy program with a lot of folks in Cuba at that point who were illiterate, and he formed the literacy brigade. He went out and they helped people learn to read and write. You know what? I think teaching people to read and write is a good thing.<\/p>\n
CROWD: (applause)<\/p>\n
SANDERS: I happen to believe in democracy, not authoritarianism. China was another example. All right? China is an authoritarian country, becoming more and more authoritarian. But can anyone deny that they have taken more people out of extreme poverty than any country in history? Why do you criticize because I say that\u2019s the truth?<\/p>\n