Barack Obama traveled to Cuba and attended a baseball game with the Castro regime.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources confirm that Obama visited Cuba in March 2016 and attended the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cuban national team exhibition game in Havana alongside Raul Castro. The 'with the Castro regime' phrasing refers to Castro, the Cuban leader at the time, and the pina colada detail is not addressed by the sources but is peripheral.
What was said
… They're finally doing something. They're not looking the other way or sitting at baseball games with the Castro regime. We want to seek justice everywhere we can. Yes, Barack Obama traveled down there and went to a baseball game and, like, drank a pina colada with these people, these people that murdered Floridians and that have done unspeakable damage to the West. It's an obscenity, actually. …
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Supports. Reuters and AP report that Obama made a historic visit to Havana, Cuba, in March 2016, the first by a sitting U.S. president since 1928.[1][2]
Supports. The State Department and the National Archives both record that Obama and his family attended the March 22, 2016 exhibition game in Havana with Cuban President Raul Castro.[4][5]
Supports. ESPN and CNN report that Obama and Castro sat together at the Rays vs. Cuban national team game in Havana, and that they joined the fans' wave together.[6][7]
Context. The PolitiFact piece confirms the 2016 visit and the seating beside Castro, and notes the photo resurfaced on social media in 2026 amid criticism.[3]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Obama visits Cuba - Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Obama arrives in Cuba for what he calls a “historic visit”apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3U.S. policy on Cuba: Comparing Trump’s and Obama’s approachpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4First Base from U.S.-Cuba Baseball Gamediplomacy.state.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5At the Plate: Baseball Diplomacy between Cuba and the United Statesprologue.blogs.archives.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6President Obama visits Cuba | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7Rays beat Cuban team with Barack Obama, Raul Castro in attendanceespn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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