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Unsurprising but crude smear of Bernie Sanders by the WSJ editorial page. Sanders condemns Maduro but opposes invasions. WSJ calls it "support for dictator."
Sanders has unsparingly denounced the authoritarianism of the Chavez/Maduro regimne, sometimes offending his radical allies by doing so: jacobinmag.com/2015/09/chavez…
Here's the entire statement by Sanders, which the WSJ clipped to eliminate the parts that would show the absurdity of its case: tweetdeck.twitter.com
To be clear, left-wing apologias for Chavez/Maduro are a real thing, which shows that Sanders actually has to bear some cost for breaking ranks: nymag.com/intelligencer/…
But to casually equate opposition with a US invasion, a completely harebrained idea in this particular context, with support for the regime itself is simply vile.
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Which we have been screaming since 2016.

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