Cracks In Democrats’ Venezuela Response Reveal Muddle

“In the days following the Donald Trump-ordered toppling of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Democratic critics largely fell into two camps,” the Washington Post reports.

“Many elected leaders and potential presidential candidates offered full-throated condemnations, accusing Trump of brazenly breaking international law by seizing the leader of another country. A second group, led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, was more cautious, taking pains to denounce Maduro while warning that a long-term engagement in the country could prove disastrous.”

“The crack is symptomatic of a deeper uncertainty that has bedeviled the party for more than a decade, as Democrats struggle to counter an ‘America First’ movement that has scrambled the country’s traditional foreign policy divisions.”