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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump administration calls Venezuela's election a 'sham'
He should know about sham elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration on Monday dismissed Venezuelas presidential election as a sham, vowing to take quick action to ramp up economic and diplomatic pressure on President Nicolas Maduros beleaguered government.
Vice President Mike Pence asserted that it had been neither free nor fair. He called it a fake process whose result was illegitimate, calling the move to hold the election a further blow to the proud democratic tradition of Venezuela.
Even before the vote, the United States had urged Venezuela not to hold it and insisted that any outcome would not be considered legitimate.
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Trump administration calls Venezuela's election a 'sham' (Original Post)
samir.g
May 2018
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kimbutgar
(21,130 posts)1. That's A big laugh
Twitlers selection by Putin and now Saudi Arabi, Israel and UAE was the biggest sham ever.
People who live I glass houses shouldnt throw stones.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)2. Pot, meet kettle. n/t
ploppy
(2,162 posts)3. Just like ours!
malaise
(268,930 posts)4. +1,000
He should talk
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)5. Venezuela calls Trumps election a scam
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)6. Well, he knows all about those...
Takket
(21,560 posts)7. takes one to know one
and yeah, let's sanction them. let's punish their leaders by making it harder for an impoverished and already starving nation to feed itself.