The White House slammed progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who admitted she spoke with foreign ambassadors about getting oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions, defending the outreach as "literally our right and responsibility."
"The Democrats continue to show Americans who they really are – the America Last party who sip margaritas with terrorists, advocate for illegal alien criminals, and undermine the United States to aid a failed, communist regime," White House spokesperson Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital.
"Pramila Jayapal’s actions are shameful from a sitting Congresswoman clearly suffering from [Trump Derangement Syndrome]," Wales added.
"I was in conversations with the ambassadors from Mexico and some other places … trying to figure out how to get oil there," Jayapal said during the briefing, calling the situation on the island "a crisis beyond imagination."
Jayapal said the event was part of a broader briefing on the humanitarian situation in Cuba following her recent visit.
"As many of you know, I traveled to Cuba as part of a congressional delegation last month," she said. "It is part of my role to see how U.S. foreign policy is actually affecting the people in the countries where that policy is being implemented."
She said she met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, senior government officials, political dissidents, civil society groups and foreign diplomats during the trip.
"As the President stated, Cuba is a failing nation that has been horribly run for many years and whose rulers have had a major setback with the loss of support from Venezuela," a White House official told Fox News Digital.
Video of the remarks circulated widely on X, where users criticized the progressive lawmaker’s comments and raised legal concerns.
Conservative accounts amplified the clip, including End Wokeness, which claimed she was "conspiring against the U.S." and suggested her actions could constitute a federal felony. Libs of TikTok wrote that her actions "seems a little like treason to me."
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called on the Democratic Party to "stand strong" amid the ongoing government shutdown.(Anadolu/Getty Images)
Social media users also pointed to potential legal implications. "Traitor. She should be prosecuted," wrote "The Charlie Kirk Show" executive producer Andrew Kolvet on X.
Those claims are political commentary and have not been independently verified, and no investigation or charges have been publicly announced.
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