US members of Congress freeze, fumble and deliver bewildering answers to award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal as he asks Capitol Hill politicians what they think of the US\u2019 open support for Venezuela\u2019s opposition.<\/p>\n
Many members of the US Congress are greatly concerned by supposed \u2018Russian meddling\u2019 in American affairs. But what do they think about Washington openly getting behind the opposition in Venezuela? In a video, published on his website, the Grayzone Project, Blumenthal asked lawmakers just that.<\/p>\n
The politicians were visibly caught off guard by pretty simple and straightforward questions. Several lawmakers couldn\u2019t provide a definitive answer to whether the US public support for opposition leader Juan Guaido could be considered \u2018meddling\u2019 in a foreign nation\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cHaven\u2019t thought about that,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a baffled lawmaker was heard saying when asked how he would react if Russia recognized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as president of the US.<\/p>\n Washington did something similar to that last week, when President Donald Trump recognized the speaker of Venezuela\u2019s opposition-controlled parliament, Guaido, as the legitimate leader of the country.<\/p>\n Some, like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outright refused to answer questions on Venezuela, saying she is\u00a0\u201cworking on a response.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Others denied that the wholesale US support for Guaido against President Nicolas Maduro constitutes \u2018meddling,\u2019 albeit failing to coherently explain why.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re just supporting the people and supporting what they are deciding needs to happen, and so I think it\u2019s good of us since we are the bastion of freedom,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Vicky Hartzler, a Republican from Missouri, stated.<\/p>\n Her Democratic colleague, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, was passionate about protecting Robert…<\/p>\n