How Bernie Sanders Talks About Venezuela Matters Greatly

Sen. Bernie Sanders (Photo by Gage Skidmore on Flickr)

A large part of why President Donald Trump is targeting Venezuela is because he views it as a failed socialist state.

His administration’s cynical effort to “restore democracy” holds huge rhetorical value for Republicans, which would like to box in Senator Bernie Sanders and other left-leaning Democrats as they pursue popular democratic socialist policies.