Socialism got a good workout in Venezuela. Now mobs are raiding trucks for food, supermarkets have fingerprint scanners for buying milk and the government occupied toilet paper factories. So how does Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders feel about it?
No comment.
LEÓN KRAUZE, UNIVISION: I am sure that you know about this topic: various leftist governments, especially the populists, are in serious trouble in Latin America. The socialist model in Venezuela has the country near collapse. Argentina, also Brazil, how do you explain that failure?
BERNIE SANDERS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: You are asking me questions…
LEÓN KRAUZE, UNIVISION: I am sure you’re interested in that.
BERNIE SANDERS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: I am very interested, but right now I’m running for President of the United States.
LEÓN KRAUZE, UNIVISION: So you don’t have an opinion about the crisis in Venezuela?
BERNIE SANDERS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Of course I have an opinion, but as I said, I’m focused on my campaign.
The Bernie Sanders response is stupidly dishonest. Running for President of the United States means having an opinion about what to do in Russia, Iran and Venezuela. Bernie hasn't been shy about defending Socialist states in the past, but he's too cowardly to defend the current mess in Venezuela, though he no doubt would like to.