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Medea Benjamin Swarmed by Thug Friends of Trump, Biden, Pelosi

by Register Peace & Freedom or Green
While Medea Benjamin of Code Pink was leaving the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC where she was a protector of that embassy, she was swarmed by huge thugs trying to terrorize her with their size and noisemakers. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS1Ix6glsk4&feature=youtu.be
While Medea Benjamin of Code Pink was leaving the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC where she was a protector of that embassy, she was swarmed by huge thugs trying to terrorize her with their size and noisemakers. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS1Ix6glsk4&feature=youtu.be

Medea is about 5 feet tall, weighs about 100 pounds and is about 66 years old.

The thugs then tried to block the camera until the police, heavily armed, spoke to the cameraman and, as we hear on the sound, tried to blame the cameraman for any problems when he was the victim of the thug efforts to prevent freedom of the press.

All of the police have sworn to uphold the Constitution, including the First Amendment guaranteeing a free press. None of them did anything to stop the fascist thugs who support the CIA sponsored coup attempt in Venezuela on April 30, 2019, along with Nazi Trump and Democrats Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi. The story on Biden's support of the attack on Venezuela may be found at:

“Biden Sides With Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo in Backing Coup Effort in Venezuela” by Jon Queally, 5/1/19 at
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/01/biden-sides-trump-bolton-and-pompeo-backing-coup-effort-venezuela

Bernie Sanders is best known for his referring to the late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela as a "dead, communist dictator." For all of his reactionary positions on Venezuela, see

Bernie Sanders on Venezuela, 4/13/19 at
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/bernie-sanders-imagines-a-progressive-new-approach-to-foreign-policy
“I asked Sanders whether he saw Maduro as part of the axis of corrupt authoritarianism. “Yeah,” he said. “It is a failed regime. From all of the recent evidence, it appears that the election was fraudulent. And, despite his ideology, what we need to see is democracy established in Venezuela. That does not mean deciding that some politician is the new President, who never won any election.” I asked whether, given the depth of Venezuela’s suffering, he had considered calling for a more muscular and immediate response than the monitoring of future elections. Sanders thought for a moment, said that military intervention was off the table for him, and added, “The world community has got to be mindful of the humanitarian suffering and the hunger that’s going on in Venezuela right now. But, at the end of the day, I think what you want in one of the largest countries in Latin America is free and fair elections, and we want to do everything we can to establish democracy there.””
Please note that former Pres. Carter said Venezuela had free and fair elections. This reactionary statement puts Sanders to the right of Democrat Carter.

"Roger Waters, Socialists Say No to Bernie and AOC's Positions on Venezuela" by Alexander Rubinstein, 2/25/19 at
https://www.mintpressnews.com/roger-waters-bernie-sanders-aoc-venezuela/255530/

Here is more on Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party’s condemnation of the legally elected government of Nicholas Maduro.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/21/bernie-sanders-venezuela-maduro-1179636

Sanders referred to the late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela as a "dead Communist dictator." See
https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-senator-bernie-sanders-hugo-chavez-is-just-a-dead-communist-dictator

Sanders supported this anti-Venezuela resolution:
https://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/press/menendez-colleagues-introduce-resolution-that-condemns-venezuelan-governments-proposed-sham-election-calls-for-delay-until-minimal-electoral-standards-met

Sanders claims Maduro is anti-democratic:
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-venezuela

There is no peace coming from the Democratic Party. They are just as much as a blood for oil war party as the Republicans. If you want peace, you have to vote for the candidates of the only 2 peace parties on the ballot, Peace & Freedom Party or the Green Party. You can change your party registration now to either Peace & Freedom or Green. You can register online at https://registertovote.ca.gov/
For more information, see:
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/
http://www.cagreens.org/
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