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On the recordMarch 24, 2014
To see democracies like the Dominican Republic, Colombia, other democratic nations that are democracies because they govern in a democratic way making the mistake of siding with the repressive regime in Caracas, not in solidarity with the people who are yearning for democratic change, that hurts me extensively.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson laments democratic nations supporting Maduro instead of the Venezuelan people seeking change.

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