Bernie Sanders didn’t win the Democratic primary, but he did score a major endorsement from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who called Sanders his “revolutionary friend.”
Things have been a little tense in Venezuela lately, and repression soldiers have had to deploy tear gas on citizens chanting for food. As a morale boost, it seems, some of those repression solders were rewarded with toilet paper and other personal items, and the award presentations were captured on film for posterity. We be glad to find out these are fake and we’ve been duped, but until then …
Only in #Venezuela soldiers are rewarded for the loyal service to the regime with toilet paper rolls pic.twitter.com/to1ncoFOC5
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) July 24, 2017
They're currently the only citizens of Venezuela that have toilet paper. https://t.co/b5Kw6IfiB2
— Jay Legend (@JayBelize23) July 25, 2017
Isn't socialism awesome? https://t.co/KzakhkHluw
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) July 24, 2017
Also known as "The Sanders Administration" https://t.co/1ZsfzksloI
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 24, 2017
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Venezuela at its lowest. Repressors rewarded with toiletries. #FANB #SOSVenezuela pic.twitter.com/3Nd2JGlkZH
— Michael Welling (@WellingMichael) July 22, 2017
There are no limits for the misery imposed to Venezuelans by the dictatorship and its vicious regime ??
— Lily Y. D. (@LilyYD) July 22, 2017
Somewhere, Bernie Sanders is jotting down notes for his 2020 campaign.
https://twitter.com/missamerica2017/status/889634773509042176
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Venezuelan president who praised Bernie Sanders’ revolutionary message will ration electricity https://t.co/6z98mYHesQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 22, 2016
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