Jackson's Tweet Praising Castro Draws Ire

Jesse Jackson praised Fidel Castro, tweeting Saturday the former Cuban president changed the world. 

In many ways, after 1959, the oppressed the world over joined Castro's cause of fighting for freedom & liberation-he changed the world. RIP pic.twitter.com/ReOLnMCxE7

— Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) November 26, 2016

But Jackson's comments drew ire as Castro, in power for nearly five decades, was mostly seen as a dictator who left Cuba in oppression and whose record on human rights was questionable. Miami Herald columnist Armando Salguero said he had no words for Jackson's tweet, and earlier said he was shedding tears of joy.

"Hell has a special place for Fidel Castro, and there's one less vacancy in hell tonight," Salguero said. 

No words ... https://t.co/vnlPCa2elx

— Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) November 26, 2016

Bestselling author J.D. Vance, whose memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" is a New York Times bestseller, tweeted disavowal of Jackson's response.

This is pretty astonishing. And bad. Real bad. https://t.co/eVy2JLpSEP

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) November 26, 2016

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