Trump campaign targets Bass amid speculation over Biden VP pick
By Tal Axelrod - 08/01/20 02:18 PM EDT
President Trump’s reelection campaign ramped up criticism of Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) on Saturday amid speculation that she could be tapped to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate.
In a call organized by the campaign and led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez (R), the two lawmakers tore into Bass’s past comments on and trips to Cuba, broadcasting possible lines of attack the campaign hopes could be effective in the nation’s largest swing state.
The call centered around Bass’s past remark describing Fidel Castro as “Comandante en Jefe†in a statement she issued after his death in 2016 and trips she took there throughout the 1970s as part of the Venceremos Brigade, a group that organized visits to Cuba for leftist Americans.
“If God forbid Joe Biden is elected president and Congresswoman Bass becomes vice president, she’ll be the highest-ranking Castro sympathizer in the history of the United States government,†declared Rubio.
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