Jayapal, Omar Take Controversial Trip to Cuba, Meet with Officials Amid GOP Backlash
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Progressive Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar recently went on a secret trip to Cuba with a delegation of about a dozen people.
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The trip took place while the House was in recess and overlapped with a visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
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Jayapal and Omar met with Cuban officials and civil society to discuss human rights and US-Cuba relations.
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The trip outraged several Republican lawmakers like Nicole Malliotakis, Carlos Gimenez, and Marco Rubio who criticized it.
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Last month, Jayapal called on the Biden administration to remove Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism to help its economy.