Karen Bass in Politico.com

On Foreign Policy: Position on Castro evolved from "Jefe" to "brutal"

The Democrat faced questions about several visits to Cuba in the 1970s and a statement she released after Castro's 2016 death saying that "the passing of the Comandante en Jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba." Bass told Fox host Chris Wallace that her perspective "developed over time" and that she now understood that the Castro government "was a brutal regime." Bass said that she spoke with colleagues from Florida and that she "would not do that again, for sure."

Bass signaled an openness to strengthening diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba, in line with the policies of former President Barack Obama. "It is just very important, the way the Obama administration had opened up relations with Cuba," she said. "The best way to bring about change on the island is for us to have closer relations with the country that is 90 miles away . I don't consider myself a Castro sympathizer."

Source: Politico.com on 2020 Veepstakes Aug 2, 2020

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