On CNN Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) would support action against Communist Cuba if it was limited like the raid against Venezuela’s Maduro. Malliotakis emphasized that the focus should be on the freedom for the Cuban people not just the capture and arrest of Castro: <\/p>\n
JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: Would you support a similar action in Cuba, a U.S. military raid to seize Raul Castro to bring him to the U.S. for trial? REP. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS (R-NY): Well, if it’s a limited raid that was executed flawlessly, by the way, in Venezuela, I think that that could potentially be a step. I would support that. But I would say that I think that they should just turn themselves over. They should leave the island, quite frankly. If they were to flee, I think at the end of the day, what real justice is, is not just seeing this 94-year-old man go into jail for a couple of years. Real justice is seeing the regime ending, being brought to its knees, being eliminated from the islands, and then actual democracy, being able to have free and fair elections, political parties be able to organize. And remember, this is about the Cuban people. We want them to be free. And certainly, I have family there that continues to suffer to this day. But this is also about America’s national security. We know that they have allowed terrorists to operate, that they have allowed our adversaries to operate, the spy facilities, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Communist China, 90 miles from our shores. They are a real problem in the Western Hemisphere. And as we see country after country changing from socialist to now more center-right in South and Central America, this is a real key to that. It’s time for Americans to see prosperity in our region. It’s about time we’re paying attention to our own backyard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n