DC: CNN anchor Dave Briggs quickly defended Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders when Venezuelan immigrant Daniel Di Martino claimed that socialist policies in the U.S. would lead us down the same road as Venezuela.
Di Martino wrote an op-ed in USA Today titled “Venezuela Was My Home, And Socialism Destroyed It. Slowly, It Will Destroy America Too,” and appeared on CNN’s “New Day” Sunday to address the current unrest in his home country.
He explained that when he was a child, things had been much better — but even by the time he was 11 years old, there were days when the electricity went out and water would be shut off for days or even weeks at a time.
Di Martino argued that recent events prove the Maduro regime will only be toppled by force, saying, “Maduro has shown the last 24 hours he is willing to starve his people to cling in power. This has just shown and proven the theory that most people from Venezuela had — this regime will only get out of power with the use of international force.”
But then the topic turned to something else Di Martino had addressed in his article — the idea that democratic socialist policies like those being advocated by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders could be leading the United States down the path toward a similar situation.
“Look. There is no further proof of my argument than Bernie Sanders’ statement a few days ago,” Di Martino explained. “He refused to say that Nicolas Maduro was a dictator and refused to recognize Juan Guaido as the president of Venezuela. Something Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats have done. This is really dangerous. Democratic primary voters really need to push out these radical Democrats from their party because not all Democrats are that way. I really urge bipartisan compromise on this issue because if we continue Venezuela with socialism and produce very radical socialist policies toward the United States, the United States might get closer to what we are seeing right now in Venezuela.” more here
Their arrogance is only exceeded by their capacity for evil.
Socialism only succeeds in formerly capitalist countries and then it only succeeds until it consumes the resources left over from their capitalist days.
Some newly socialist countries last longer than others depending on how well they were doing before becoming socialist, but you can watch them degrade over time if you keep watching no matter how long they last.
If he is to stay in the public eye DiMartino will have to learn to think on his feet faster in order to counter trained deceivers like Briggs. A quick retort could have been “Democratic socialism is still socialism and has the same effect” or “It doesn’t matter if people vote for tyranny or it is imposed.” Regardless, he won’t be asked on CNN again.
Here’s a good measure of socialism:
How would you like to be a kid in Venezuela?
All you “do if for the children” Liberals out there need to seriously think about that and get back to me.
Guests need to ask the idiot host “so exactly how will the United States avoid what happened to Venezuela if Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez get their socialist policies through?” Most idiot hosts will respond “sorry, it’s not my interview.”
Ocasio-Cortez is advocating something that is not the same as what Maduro did in Venezuela – it’s worse. The Green New Deal will bankrupt America, and cannot be implemented without the use of force and loss of individual liberty.
Briggs. Another former Fox News guy who has sold his soul for money.
Maduro is torching the relief food
at the border while it is illegal
to put “starvation” as the reason
for death on a child’s death certificate. Sat Cong!
What do you expect from the Communist News Network?
Wyatt…..2A.
John, I love that ole’ expression! More and sooner.