Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have already cast my ``no'' vote with regard to the judge and will so again whenever we get to final passage, but I want to take this opportunity to talk about the chaos that is going on in Venezuela. As if there weren't already enough chaos, last week Venezuela's supreme court stripped its legislative branch of its powers--just stripped them of powers. Only because the court had gotten such significant criticism did it reverse its decision. Apparently even the very shaky President of Venezuela, Maduro, weighed in to get them to reverse their decision. Now, isn't that something? This is supposed to be a democracy. Yet it is being run as a dictatorship, where even the judicial branch goes and does something crazy and the President of the country gets up and tells them: You had better reverse yourself; there is too much criticism. This is the nonsense that is going on in Venezuela. Of course, what went on last week further undermines Venezuela's so-called democracy, and it is only the latest in President Maduro's creeping dictatorship. That is what it is. He has repeatedly and violently suppressed protesters and jailed his political opponents in violation of any understanding of human rights. He has used that same Supreme Court to block members of the National Assembly from taking office, and he has used that Supreme Court as a rubberstamp to overturn the laws that the National Assembly does that he doesn't like.…”