re: Lefties, please chime in on the following topic. Maduro purging military of disloyalty

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“As a U.S. Representative with one of the largest communities of Venezuelans and Venezuelan-Americans in the United States, I am appalled by the continued abuses of the Maduro government against its citizens. Maduro has defied the Venezuelan constitution by first attempting to reject the more than 1.8 million signatures on recall referendum petitions and then seeking to directly undermine the National Assembly by removing Democratic Unity Roundtable legislators. He has taken these actions while holding 85 political prisoners, including Leopoldo Lopez and Daniel Ceballos.

"But the effects of Maduro’s catastrophic rule don’t stop there. Under his watch, Venezuelans have seen an utter lack of basic medical supplies and pharmaceutical drugs; empty food shelves and sky-rocketing prices for essential items; a climate of violence in Caracas that has led to the highest per capita homicide rate in the world; and public officials’ involvement in corruption and illegal narcotics trafficking.

"I stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people as they suffer through this heartbreaking crisis, and am proud to introduce this bipartisan resolution with my South Florida colleague Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to send a clear message to President Maduro and his cronies that oppression, human rights abuse and thwarting democracy is unacceptable and has consequences,” said Rep. Wasserman Schultz.

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