Americans shouldn't travel to Cuba and participate 'in the oppression,' Christie says

[Judi Lynn]

Americans shouldn't travel to Cuba and participate 'in the oppression,' Christie says



By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on June 19, 2015 at 8:05 AM, updated June 19, 2015 at 11:10 AM

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Gov. Chris Christie has been an outspoken critic of President Obama's shift to open relations with Cuba, but now he's taking aim at people who travel there as tourists.

The governor, speaking during his latest "Tell It Like It Is" town hall in the first presidential primary state of New Hampshire on Thursday, accused U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba amid Obama's plans to normalize relations with the country of "participating in the oppression" imposed by Cuba's rulers.

The line was delivered during the event and comes after Christie has criticized Obama for months over his decision to remove Cuba from the federal Department of State's list of state sponsors of terrorism and normalize relations with the country.

And while the new rules stop short of allowing tourists to visit Cuba, they open the door on other types of authorized travel — including family visits, professional meetings and religious activities

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[orpupilofnature57]

1. From the guy who short changes the residents of NJ everyday !

[doc03]

2. What about China you f---g blow hard? n/t

[HassleCat]

3. Honeymoon is over

Remember when everybody thought Christie was a different kind of Republican? He made all nicey-nice with the president and pissed off his GOP buddies, and people said, "Well, here's a guy more concerned about the citizens of his state than trying to score a hit against the president." Boy, were we wrong! Christie is just another partisan hack, with the bridge closure, and using disaster funds to reward his political friends, and now his bizarre proclamation about Cuba.

[Daniel537]

4. Nobody's listening, Fat Tony.

Came back from Cuba a few days ago and it was packed with Americans of all stripes. This is a non-issue to anybody not trying to get wingnut votes.