Dem representative admits to working with Mexico to sneak oil into Cuba, despite blockadehttps://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/dem-rep-pramila-jayapal-admits-to-working-with-mexico-to-sneak-oil-into-cuba/A Democratic lawmaker is drawing backlash after saying she spoke with foreign ambassadors about getting oil to Cuba despite US sanctions, defending the outreach as “literally our right and responsibility.”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., made the remarks during a recent Seattle briefing following a congressional delegation trip to Cuba, where she discussed the island’s worsening fuel shortages and US policy toward the communist regime.
“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.”
I'm no legal beagle, but I think this violates more laws than just being an unregistered agent for a foreign country.
