No, President Obama did not say the same thing as BS about Cuba.

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18. Sanders praised Castro and his revolution two days ago on national TV. It's a falsehood to say

that President Obama "did the same thing" in the effort to control the damage of the 60 Minutes interview.

In the 60 minutes interview, Sanders was talking about changes made by Castro circa 1960 as a direct result of the communist revolution in Cuba.

In his press conference in March of 2016, President Obama was talking about the post 2014 strides that Cuba had made as part of the negotiated pre-conditions for normalizing US-Cuba relations. Cuba had to meet benchmarks during the gradual process of moving towards normalization.

Remarks by President Obama and President Raul Castro of Cuba in a Joint Press Conference

Palace of the Revolution
Havana, Cuba
March 21, 2016

Our growing engagement with Cuba is guided by one overarching goal -- advancing the mutual interests of our two countries, including improving the lives of our people, both Cubans and Americans. That’s why I’m here.

I’ve said consistently, after more than five very difficult decades, the relationship between our governments will not be transformed overnight. We continue, as President Castro indicated, to have some very serious differences, including on democracy and human rights. And President Castro and I have had very frank and candid conversations on these subjects.

The United States recognizes progress that Cuba has made as a nation, its enormous achievements in education and in health care. And perhaps most importantly, I affirmed that Cuba’s destiny will not be decided by the United States or any other nation. Cuba is sovereign and, rightly, has great pride. And the future of Cuba will be decided by Cubans, not by anybody else.

At the same time, as we do wherever we go around the world, I made it clear that the United States will continue to speak up on behalf of democracy, including the right of the Cuban people to decide their own future. We’ll speak out on behalf of universal human rights, including freedom of speech, and assembly, and religion. Indeed, I look forward to meeting with and hearing from Cuban civil society leaders tomorrow.

It's reprehensible that anyone post "alternative facts" on this site, especially facts that misrepresent the diplomatic efforts of a Democratic president whose goal was to improve the lives of marginalized people and to address and rectify the human rights abuses of Castro's communist revolution and regime in Cuba.