Pompeo: Venezuela Congressional Election ‘A Political Farce’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington on Nov. 10, 2020. Jacquelyn Martin/AFP via Getty Images

On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned Venezuela’s congressional election as “a political farce.”

“On December 6, the illegitimate Maduro regime in Venezuela staged a political farce intended to look like legislative elections. Fortunately, few were fooled,” Pompeo said in a statement.