Ever since we published our
election night profile of Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, the next head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, we've
received dozens of e-mails pointing us to a video clip where the
Florida-based Cuban-American lawmaker appears to call for the assassination of former
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
"I just feel such a great source of pride of being here in
the United States Congress representing so many freedom fighters both in exile
in the United States and on the island as well. I welcome the opportunity of
having anyone assassinate Fidel Castro and any leader who is oppressing the
people," Ros-Lehtinen says in the video clip, recorded in
a 2006 interview for the British documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro.
After the clip was released, Ros-Lehtinen alleged that the
video was spliced together but didn't back off her contention that is might be
better if Castro were dead.
Ros-Lehtinen's spokeswoman told the Miami Herald in the aftermath of the controversy that the
congresswoman has never called for anyone's assassination. But Ros-Lehtinen told the Herald in 2006she can't rule out that she ever mentioned Castro and a potential
assassination. "If someone were to do it, I wouldn't be crying," she said.
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