Liberal US Activists Face Backlash for Occupying Venezuelan Embassy, Clashing With Anti-Maduro Venezuelans

U.S. Secret Service officers stop activists of an embassy protection group, including Medea Benjamin of CodePink, from approaching a back entrance of the Embassy of Venezuela during a confrontation with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido supporters in in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Liberal American activists from the group Code Pink are facing backlash for occupying the abandoned Venezuelan embassy in Washington while defending the regime of illegitimate dictator Nicolás Maduro.

About 50 activists from the women-led anti-war group have lived in the embassy for several weeks to show their support for the socialist dictator and vowed to protect the building from a “hostile takeover,” reported Fox News.