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Rep. @IlhanMN Omar backs Maduro regime, shares state-run propaganda on social media washex.am/2Sc0wOw
a peaceful dialogue.”
For the record, Guaido is not “far right.” He is the leader of a legitimate party opposed to the corrupt, tyrannical Maduro regime and the elected president of Venezuela's legislature.
For the record, Guaido is not “far right.” He is the leader of a legitimate party opposed to the corrupt, tyrannical Maduro regime and the elected president of Venezuela's legislature.
To describe him and his political backing as “far right” is to reveal a deep and willful ignorance.
About an hour after accusing the U.S. president of staging a coup in Venezuela, Omar then shared a Jan. 11 note from TeleSur Network host and 9/11 truther Abby Martin, who wrote, “Is Trump really an anti-interventionist?”
From ‘bombing the hell’ out of civilians, to ramping-up brutal sanctions, to becoming Arms Salesman-In-Chief — our new [Empire Files] series shows how he's been a gift to the war machine.”
Martin’s tweet links to a YouTube video titled, “Trump is Expanding the U.S. Empire.”
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Martin’s tweet links to a YouTube video titled, “Trump is Expanding the U.S. Empire.”
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TeleSur is a state-run Venezuela-based network. Martin used to host a show on Russia Today or RT, which is also state-run, funded directly by President Vladimir Putin's government.
In other words, Omar not only circulated state-produced propaganda in service of a hostile foreign power, but she did so by promoting a media figure who previously distributed propaganda in service of another hostile foreign power. Good work all around, congresswoman.
And if you can believe it, Omar didn’t leave it at that.
“We cannot hand pick leaders for other countries on behalf of multinational corporate interests.”
“We cannot hand pick leaders for other countries on behalf of multinational corporate interests.”
“The legislature cannot seize power from the President, and Venezuela's Supreme Court has declared their actions unconstitutional,” the congresswoman tweeted one day later, still referring to the U.S. backing the head of the opposition-controlled Venezuelan congress.
She added: “We can’t afford to get involved in costly interventions abroad when tens of millions struggle to access housing, healthcare, and clean water right here at home. U.S. meddling abroad always ends badly for us, and the people we claim to be ‘liberating.’”
That’s to say nothing of the Venezuelans who struggle to access housing, healthcare, and clean water right now thanks to Maduro.
It's also funny to hear a staunch supporter of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement disparage the idea of imposing sanctions on a truly destructive and despotic government. The word “sanctions” is literally in the title of BDS, after all.
