VP contender Karen Bass’ Cuba baggage a burden in Florida
Associated PressMIAMI — Until recently, Robert Lewis had never heard of Karen Bass, the California congresswoman in contention to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate. When he learned that Bass had called Castro’s death “a great loss,” the 22-year-old considered it a disregard for the plight of those who suffered at the hands of Castro’s government. The next generation is less focused on the past and open to change, Democrats argued, as President Barack Obama embraced engagement with Cuba and in 2014 declared he would “bury the last remnant of the Cold War.” But Bass’ comments provide fresh evidence to the contrary. “Say it ain’t so, Joe,” said one poster on a Facebook community called “Cubanos Con Biden,” a 6,000-member group partially run by the Biden campaign. “I would still support Biden regardless of who he chooses as the VP,” said Adam Schwartzbaum, a 35-year-old attorney in Coral Gables whose father and grandparents arrived in Miami after the Cuban revolution in 1961.
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