Posted on 05/31/2016 7:28:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Venezuela's Maduro rooting for 'revolutionary friend' Sanders in U.S. campaign By Girish Gupta and Corina Pons
CARACAS Venezuela's embattled president, Nicolas Maduro, said on Tuesday night he supported Bernie Sanders in the U.S. presidential race, adding that the candidate, who describes himself as a democratic socialist, would win if the vote were "free."
Maduro, a socialist who sees himself as the political heir to his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, has long railed against the United States, blaming it for Venezuela's economic crisis and accusing Washington of attempting to topple him.
"Bernie Sanders, our revolutionary friend, ought to win in the United States," Maduro said during an hours-long televised broadcast.
"If the elections were free ... Bernie Sanders would be president of the United States," he said, criticizing the U.S. Electoral College system as unrepresentative of popular sentiment.
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Maybe they text. We need a socialist, America-hating emoji, just for these two. So we can tramp stamp them.
Bernezuela.
Yep.
Bernie Sanders will definitely do for the US what’s been done to Venezuela.
And Bernie refused to comment on what’s happening in Venezuela when asked point blank. On a Spanish speaking station and TV interview.
Mark
Che - A racist, mass-murderer, who’s become a hero the the “dumb-masses.”
Mark
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