Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders Refuses to Call for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro to Step Down

Sen. Bernie Sanders at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 30, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Socialist 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) refused to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president and would not call on socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro to step down during an interview with Univision.

Sanders admitted that Maduro has been abusive to the Venezuelan people, but did not call on him to step down.