Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants opposition leaders installed to replace Nicols Maduro in Venezuela [View all]
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says shes happy to see Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in custody for his crimes. But she expressed anger and alarm that President Donald Trump offered no plan to install democratically elected leaders there.
I am really glad that Maduro has been arrested, that hes going to be held accountable for his crimes, which include crimes against humanity as well as narco-trafficking crimes, so Im not shedding any tears that his reign of terror is over, Wasserman Schultz said. But to replace one unelected regime with another, which apparently Donald Trump has decided is him, is wildly inappropriate.
Most political observers agree Gonzalez received more votes in that contest. Yet Maduro remained in power, sworn into another term last year. The election followed Maduro threatening the arrest of other political opposition, including María Corina Machado, a political party leader removed from the ballot.
The Venezuelan people voted to elect Edmundo Gonzalez as president and supported their political party overwhelmingly, with nearly 70% of the vote, Wasserman Schultz said. Donald Trump today said in his press conference that, I mean, he had the audacity to say that Maria Corina Machado is a nice woman, but has no support in the country. That is an inexplicable thing to say that is not reflective of the truth.
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