President Donald Trump's full-fledged backing of Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of Venezuela last week, was met with bipartisan support among American political leaders. But one stubborn segment of the ideological spectrum is unimpressed and has gone so far as to compare Trump's move to America's 20th century transgressions in the region.
These protests are being led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Noam Chomsky and other notable cheerleaders of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who brought socialism to the country two decades ago. And although the Democratic Party establishment has fully embraced Guaido, freshman members of its new House majority—like Rep. Ro Kahnna (D–Calif.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D–Minn.)—have troublingly joined the chorus against Trump's decision.
With Maduro's dismal record and a worldwide consensus against him, why are some in America's left turning their fire on the United States instead? Jenipher Camino Gonzalez explores that question in her latest for Reason.
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