Nikki Haley Reminds Everyone Why It’ll Be Nearly IMPOSSIBLE To Fill Her Shoes

I am so bummed to see Nikki Haley leave her role as the US ambassador to the UN. It’s not going to be easy to fill her shoes. She’s stood strong in the face of evil and has NEVER been afraid to speak truth, even with everyone around her disagreeing.

Here’s another example of that.

Earlier this month, the UN voted to condemn the United States for its embargo on Cuba. It’s been doing this for years.

Haley let them have it.

Each year, with the exception of one, the United States has voted against this resolution. As this resolution is currently constructed, the United States will oppose it again today.

Cuba and its allies do the same thing every year. They propose a resolution blaming Cuba’s poverty, repression, and lack of freedom on the United States. They falsely blame America for all kinds of evil things – even genocide.

But this resolution changes nothing. It doesn’t help a single Cuban family; it doesn’t feed a single Cuban child; it doesn’t free a single Cuban political prisoner.

Those who support this resolution every year have it wrong. Our reason for the embargo is and has always been Cuba’s denial of freedom and the denial of the most basic human rights for the Cuban people. The United States will continue to stand with the Cuban people until their rights and their freedoms are restored. Period. We won’t back down.

“We won’t back down.” YES YES YES.

The sorry state of liberty and human rights in Cuba is not lost on anyone in this chamber – even as countries vote to blindly support the resolution every year.

The proof is in the statements by countries during this annual debate. Many of us care deeply about the lack of freedom of expression and assembly in Cuba. The arbitrary arrests and detentions. The status of women and labor. We’ve listened carefully to our fellow countries’ statements in this debate. We’ve studied your comments from last year. We’ve taken your messages to heart. We read last year’s statement by the European Union – and we agree with it wholeheartedly. The EU called on Cuba to, “fully grant its citizens internationally recognized civil, political, and economic rights and freedoms, including freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, and free access to information.”

And then she REALLY went there. She called out all of these morons for acting as constant raging HYPOCRITES.

Like the Castro regime, the Iranian regime violently represses dissent, imprisons and kills its political opponents, and abuses women and religious and ethnic minorities. Like the Castro dictatorship, the Tehran government has rigged its economy in favor of its regime and its cronies. And both governments use these stolen funds to finance their aggression abroad.

Each year, the General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the Iranian regime’s violations of human rights. Last year, the resolution was adopted with support of 81 Member States. 81 countries made the decision to use this body’s time and prestige to do what the United Nations does best – what it’s meant to do. 81 countries put the weight of the international community behind the principles of peace, security, and human rights in Iran. They didn’t just pay lip service to these principles. They put them in a resolution, and they put it to a vote. They won. But most importantly, the cause of human rights in Iran won.

The time has long passed for the General Assembly to do the same for Cuba and for the same reasons. How can you feel strongly about Iran and not on Cuba? Countries that are concerned about the arrest of political opponents and journalists, the lack of access of the internet, and the absolute authority of the government to restrict travel both within and from Cuba – these countries should have the opportunity to vote to put themselves and this body on record.

She added, “The United Nations does not have the ability or the authority to end the United States’ embargo of Cuba. But the United Nations has the unique ability to send a moral message to the Cuban dictatorship. We should use our megaphone to do something that has the potential to actually improve the lives of the Cuban people.”

Ugh. Haley. You will be missed.

h/t Daily Wire