Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is once again under fire, this time for arguing that U.S. sanctions are to blame for the collapse of Venezuela under illegitimate dictator Nicolás Maduro.
“A lot of the policies that we have put in place has kind of helped lead the devastation in Venezuela,” Omar said during an interview with the left-leaning Democracy Now! program. “And we’ve sort of set the stage for where we’re arriving today.”
