Chuck Todd Actually Grills 'Naive' Biden VP Hopeful on Commie Castro Love

Scott Whitlock | August 3, 2020
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[See NewsBusters for more.] California Congresswoman Karen Bass has long been a fan of brutal dictator Fidel Castro. But now, she’s one of the final potential candidates to be Joe Biden’s running mate. So who is going to press her about fawning over the commie? Not The Washington Post. The paper on Saturday offered a 41 paragraph tribute to the “pragmatic” Bass. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd interviewed Bass about her vice presidential aspirations. He started off weakly, proclaiming: “You spent time there [in Cuba] in the '70s as a young activist... building houses in Cuba. You have rejected the idea that you have celebrated the Castro regime.” But to his credit, Todd persisted, calling out Bass on pretending that the Castro love happened only when she was young: 

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