ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and other progressive Democrats urged the Trump administration to rethink its Venezuela policy in a letter Thursday. WASHINGTON ― More than a dozen progressive House Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), and firebrand freshmen Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.), urge President Donald Trump to “change course” entirely on Venezuela in a letter sent Thursday. “Here’s the mistake we make: We’re quiet when these interventions are happening,” Khanna, who spearheaded the letter, told HuffPost. (Among 2020 candidates who responded to HuffPost requests in February, only Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren explicitly opposed sanctions. “Broad unilateral sanctions and threats of military action are making life worse for ordinary Venezuelans,” the letter states.

Source: Huffington Post March 07, 2019 14:03 UTC