Vice President Mike Pence was candid in what he thought about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., recent comments on the escalating situation in Venezuela, during his interview with Fox News that aired on Friday.
Omar blamed the violence and deteriorating living conditions on the United States “bullying” Venezuela. Pence responded to a clip of her remarks that was posted on Twitter.
During the Fox News interview, Pence was asked why he spoke out against Omar.
“Well, because the congresswoman doesn’t know what she is talking about,” Pence said. “Nicolás Maduro is a socialist dictator who has taken what was once one of the most prosperous nations in this hemisphere and brought it literally to a level of deprivation and oppression and poverty that we have never seen. Nine out of 10 people in Venezuela live in poverty. Three million people have fled Venezuela. That’s not a result of U.S. policies, that’s a result of the dictatorship and socialism that has been imposed on the people of Venezuela by Nicolás Maduro.”
Pence revealed President Trump’s administration is in regular contact with the recognized president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. On Monday, Guaidó called for the people of Venezuela to rise up and take the country back from Maduro’s regime. Many people have been injured as forces loyal to Maduro have fought back.
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