Bernie Sanders' revolutionary friend fires tear gas at protesters chanting for food

As Twitchy reported Thursday, Bernie Sanders received a ringing endorsement from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has referred to the Vermont socialist as his “revolutionary friend.”

In the meantime, Reuters reports that a group of women gathered near the presidential palace in Caracas to join in a chant of, “We want food!” Why wouldn’t America want to emulate that sort of economic progress?

'We want food!', Venezuelans cry at protest near presidency https://t.co/hulpbwkk9z pic.twitter.com/VuEP8HnAmH

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 2, 2016

“Critics say Venezuela’s economic chaos is the consequence of failed socialist policies for the last 17 years, especially price and currency controls,” Reuters adds.

https://twitter.com/TimmyFats2/status/738499792469364736

https://twitter.com/Freedomzone_/status/738499832558456832

So, America isn’t next in line? That’s some relief.

Another socialist country. Bernie voters better pay attention. They think it's just free college, LMAO

— Chuck (@CWden75) June 2, 2016

come to usa you'll get ebt health care education and usually a gun hidden in some bushes

— T. C. (@VITCBOY) June 2, 2016

Sanders doesn’t really want full-blown socialism in the United States, does he? He’d just like to see a little less income inequality, using Venezuela as a model.

https://twitter.com/ComradeVeidt/status/738502509535367170