Political firestorm erupts as Biden’s past Venezuela comments allegedly “age like milk” following Trump administration’s arrest of dictator Nicolas Maduro.
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WhilemanyDemocratseruptedatPresidentDonaldTrump’sdecisiontoarrestVenezuelandictatorNicolásMaduroondrugtraffickingandterrorismcharges,oneparticularpriortauntfromformerPresidentJoeBidenresurfacedSundayandpromptlygotratioed.
RespondingtoanAxiosreportonJune21,2020,thatTrumpwouldconsidermeetingwithMaduroafterthedespotignoredthedisputedelectionversusoppositionleaderJuanGuaidó,Bidensaid,“TrumptalkstoughonVenezuela,butadmiresthugsanddictatorslikeNicolásMaduro.”
“AsPresident,IwillstandwiththeVenezuelanpeopleandfordemocracy,”Bidenadded.
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SoonaftertheweekendoperationatMiraflores–theVenezuelandictator’sofficialresidence–conservativesandatleastoneleft-leaningpoliticalactivisthighlightedhow,inthewordso
