Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Huh.
Look at diplomacy working in the U.S.-Cuba relationship, despite all the Republican whining that President Obama would even give it a chance:
Cuba has completed the release of 53 political prisoners that was part of last month's historic deal between the United States and Cuba, the Obama administration said Monday. The move clears a major hurdle for the normalization of ties between the two countries after more than five decades of estrangement.
The prisoners had been on a list of opposition figures whose release was sought as part of the U.S. agreement last month with the Cuban government. They had been cited by various human rights organizations as being imprisoned by the Cuban government for exercising internationally protected freedoms or for their promotion of political and social reforms in Cuba.
This will naturally cause some difficulties for Republicans who want to stick to a 50-year failed policy. For instance,
a week ago, Sen. Marco Rubio was saying that U.S. willingness to talk to Cuba should hinge on the release of these 53 prisoners.
Monday morning, as the news emerged that the prisoners had been released, Rubio was all "whatever" about it:
"Certainly, for those 53 prisoners, it's a great deal. We don't know who they are," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said in an appearance Monday on "CBS This Morning."
Okay ... but you wanted them released, right? Said that the Obama administration should cancel talks with Cuba until they were released. I guess this is where Republicans like Rubio move the goalposts while piously claiming total consistency.
Diplomacy. It's working. But don't expect Republicans to acknowledge that.