Boehner Condemns Obama’s Cuba Policy, Owns Tons Of Stock In Corps Doing Business With Human Rights Violators
Jeb Bush called it Obama’s “latest foreign policy misstep.” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said, “It’s part of a long record of coddling dictators and tyrants that this administration has established.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pledged, “I will do all in my power to block the use of funds to open an embassy in Cuba. Normalizing relations with Cuba is bad idea at a bad time.”
The most hilarious GOP reaction came from Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) who tweeted the following:
Relations with the Castro regime should not be revisited, let alone normalized, until the Cuban people enjoy freedom – & not 1 second sooner
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) December 17, 2014
Why is this hilarious? One glance at Boehner’s assets portfolio via Open Secrets reveals that Boehner is making a bundle from corporations that are actively exploiting workers and racking up human rights violations in China, a nation led by communists with a long history of human rights abuses, as well as other countries such as Burma and perhaps even Iran. In other words, it really doesn’t seem as if Boehner is all that concerned about people enjoying freedom.
1) Walmart. Boehner owns somewhere between $15,000 and $50,000 in Walmart stock, despite the fact that it’s arguably one of the worst offenders in terms of sweatshops and labor violations in China. In addition to running shoddy factories, workers were paid less than the 41-cents-per-hour minimum wage. In 2008, The New York Times reported… CONTINUE READING
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raincheck December 18th, 2014 at 15:48
If President Obama REALLY wanted to “normalize relations” with Cuba, He should have said he is against it!!
raincheck December 18th, 2014 at 16:48
If President Obama REALLY wanted to “normalize relations” with Cuba, He should have said he is against it!!
ExPFCWintergreen December 18th, 2014 at 16:26
John Boehner’s still alive?
allison1050 December 19th, 2014 at 08:51
Maybe he was really asleepy while he was texting and having a sip of the grape and forgot about his investments. ;o)
Tim Coolio December 19th, 2014 at 22:29
He just got back from happy hour.
ExPFCWintergreen December 18th, 2014 at 17:26
John Boehner’s still alive?
allison1050 December 19th, 2014 at 09:51
Maybe he was really asleepy while he was texting and having a sip of the grape and forgot about his investments. ;o)
Tim Coolio December 19th, 2014 at 23:29
He just got back from happy hour.
fancypants December 18th, 2014 at 21:39
Boehner doing business with human rights violators ? No way !
fancypants December 18th, 2014 at 22:39
Boehner doing business with human rights violators ? No way !
Tim Coolio December 19th, 2014 at 22:31
With the Cuban new deal;
Democrats are moving us forward and
the GOP is still stuck in the cold war!
another Obama success for America…..republicans
outraged! all they have now is to continue to
explain to the world why torture is a good thing!
Obama; cementing a legacy as one of our best
presidents EVER! (and he’s had a helluva good
month since the midterms)
the Reich Wing perpetual children need to sit down,
shut up, and stay out of the way with this Cuban
new deal!
Tim Coolio December 19th, 2014 at 23:31
With the Cuban new deal;
Democrats are moving us forward and
the GOP is still stuck in the cold war!
another Obama success for America…..republicans
outraged! all they have now is to continue to
explain to the world why torture is a good thing!
Obama; cementing a legacy as one of our best
presidents EVER! (and he’s had a helluva good
month since the midterms)
the Reich Wing perpetual children need to sit down,
shut up, and stay out of the way with this Cuban
new deal!