⁠"A mistake" — When Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary reflected upon the feud between American activist and former Cuban president 

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Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary at Global Citizen Festival 2017 | Image Source: Getty

In an interview with The View in 2020, Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary shared his opinion on the feud between American activist Bernie Sanders and former Cuban president Fidel Castro. In a group discussion, when the host turned to O'Leary to ask for his views on the whole Bernie and Castro fiasco, he called it a mistake.

"That's probably, you know, a mistake from a point of view of trying to get momentum in a swing state like Florida."

Famous among fans of Shark Tank as Mr. Wonderful, Kevin O'Leary is a television personality, an investor, a businessman, and a journalist. Back in 2017, O'Leary tried to run for the presidency, which he eventually dropped out of. Co-founder of Softkey Software Products, he started his career with a small internship at Nabisco.

After trying his hand at politics in 2017, Kevin is now sharing his views on policies, amendments, and the entire political scenario. When Bernie and Castro went head-to-head, Shark Tank's O'Leary shared his views on the situation.


Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank says "there is nothing good to say" about Fidel Castro

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During a round table discussion with The View, Kevin O'Leary and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban sat down to discuss the current political race. When the hosts turned to O'Leary to know his point of view on the whole Fidel Castro vs. Bernie Sanders fiasco, he called it 'a mistake.'

He further talks about how people in Miami have no interest in even mentioning Fidel Castro in their conversations. And when Bernie decided to mention him during his campaign, it made no sense.

"I have a home in Miami. It's a very multicultural place. You don't talk about Fidel Castro ever and... well like they don't even like to talk about him and here's Bernie out there with 'yeah you know this dictator isn't so horrible'... yeah he's horrible!"

He added -

"I don't think you know by the way, that that literacy program that he was talking about was a reeducation program," he said. "There's a big difference there. You go and so if you actually are a historian and look at what occurred, there's nothing good to say about Fidel."

He then raised questions about the one good thing that Bernie mentioned during his campaign about Fidel Castro. He clarifies how the program that Bernie mentioned was a reeducation program and not a literacy program. He continued and emphasized how he believes, there is nothing good to talk about the former Cuban president.


During an interview with The View, Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary shared his opinion on the statements Bernie Sanders made about Fidel Castro. You can follow O'Leary on Instagram for more such information.

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