Well, you wouldn’t expect this.
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The self-described democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders is now getting grief from his supporters for apparently aligning himself with the Trump administration and its regime change efforts in Venezuela.
Having announced a 2020 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination this week, Sanders (I-Vermont) digressed from his twitter storm about healthcare, wage inequality and taxing the rich to endorse US “humanitarian aid” for Venezuela, which the Trump administration is using to bolster the self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido.
“The people of Venezuela are enduring a serious humanitarian crisis. The Maduro government must put the needs of its people first, allow humanitarian aid into the country, and refrain from violence against protesters,” Sanders tweeted on Saturday.
While the tweet received praise from accounts favoring regime change, and drew some mockery from conservatives, there has been a veritable avalanche of disappointment from the Vermont senator’s sympathizers – as well as journalists and celebrities opposed to the regime change operation.
I think even Sanders’ supporters have come to terms with the fact that because he’s Jewish, he will support war against the Palestinians.
That was something of an issue in his 2016 campaign.
But Bernie supporting a war in Venezuela – to fight communism, of all things – just seems weird.
And of course you can say “well, he supports that too because he’s Jewish,” but clearly there are a lot of Jewish agendas he doesn’t support – at least in his rhetoric.
You have to wonder why he’s supporting it. And if I had to wager, it’s to give people like AOC room to support it. He’s trying to transform a neocon war of aggression run by John Bolton and Elliot Abrams into a progressive issue.
People on his team were not happy about his decision.
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