C’mon, nobody actually believes she would dare criticize Chicago Jesus.

(Miami Herald) — First, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson opposed the Obama Administration’s decision to award a visa to the niece of Fidel Castro. Now comes Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Broward Congresswoman who — like Nelson — is tough on Cuba and was put in quite a spot by the decision of Obama.

Trying to straddle both worlds of Obama loyalist and Cuba hardliner, Wasserman Schultz noted that Mariela Castro had three times visited the United States when President Bush was in office in 2001 and 2002. And there was nary a peep of protest. But back then, it appears, no one really knew about it.

Still, it’s clear she opposes the decision now as she would have then.

Here’s a statement from her congressional office: “The Bush Administration set a bad precedent by granting Mariela Castro a waiver in 2001 and 2002, as I believe that such visa requests should not be accepted because of the ongoing human rights abuses in Cuba. While I respect my colleagues, it’s important to note they did not criticize President George W. Bush for granting Ms. Castro a waiver in 2002. Politics has no place when we are standing up for human rights.”