U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal is being accused of conspiring against the United States after she revealed how she is defying the president’s sanctions on Cuba.
The far-left Washington Democrat is under fire after traveling to Cuba and now indicating that she is working with other countries to get oil to the communist country, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on imports from any country that “directly or indirectly sells or otherwise provides any oil to Cuba,” according to a January executive order.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) admits on tape that she is conspiring against the US to bring oil tankers into Cuba
That’s a federal felony pic.twitter.com/jra4WiYuiV
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 6, 2026
“In January, Trump issued an executive order threatening tariffs on any countries supplying fuel to Cuba. This was this January, just a few months ago. And oil shipments from Venezuela, that’s where Cuba had been getting its oil, were halted after the U.S. operations to kidnap Nicolás Maduro,” Jayapal said during a Seattle briefing after the congressional delegation made a trip to Cuba.
“Since January, only one Russian tanker of oil has made it to Cuba. In fact, it landed just a couple of days before I landed, and one tanker has enough oil basically for 10 to 14 days of Cuba’s oil needs, so it’s a very limited amount of time,” she said before revealing that she has been reaching out to foreign ambassadors.
“Now Russia has said they’re going to send another tanker. I was in conversations with the ambassadors from Mexico and some other places, and I know other countries in Latin America are trying to figure out how to get oil there. But it is a crisis beyond imagination. Just this past Friday, on May 1, Trump signed a broad executive order that widens sanctions and allows for new penalties, similar to what we have for Iran and Russia, against foreign banks and firms that are dealing with Cuba, and it also reinforces the ban on U.S. tourism,” the Democrat continued.
“I have called these sanctions an economic bombing of the infrastructure of Cuba. It is illegal, it is against the war — we’ve been talking about this in Iran, obviously — to bomb the infrastructure of any country. That is against international law. This is essentially doing the same thing. It is bombing the infrastructure of Cuba with economic sanctions that essentially ensure that the infrastructure collapses,” Jayapal claimed.
Her remarks and the actions she said she has taken sparked immediate criticism, with social media accounts like Libs of TikTok writing that her efforts”seems a little like treason to me.” Jayapal fired back on X, writing in response, “Breaking news: Members of Congress meet with ambassadors of other countries every day. That’s literally our right and responsibility.”
The reactions on X were blistering.
Sounds like treason disguised as diplomacy.
— Free Tina Peters (@Kraken_Addict) May 7, 2026
Hey @SpeakerJohnson this is yet another perfect example of corrupt anti-American rotted to the core House representatives that have no business being seated in Congress. When are you going to do anything about this?
— David (@DBCowboysFan67) May 6, 2026
She conspired with foreign nations, to subvert a legally enacted embargo, set by the POTUS. She should be held accountable immediately.
— John Gault (@Utopia4uawaits) May 7, 2026
She traveled to Cuba, met with President Díaz-Canel, gave an exclusive interview to a pro-regime Cuban media outlet, then met with ambassadors from Mexico, Brazil and African nations to strategize on getting around Trump’s oil sanctions. That is not advocacy. That is unauthorized…
— Samuel Fisher (@samuelffisher) May 6, 2026
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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