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November 14, 2019

Police Threaten to Arrest Medea Benjamin After Venezuela Protest
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Code Pink founder and longtime peace activist Medea Benjamin was
threatened with arrest in Washington, D.C., Wednesday and accused of
assaulting a sitting congressmember after being forcibly removed from a
press conference for opposing the U.S.-backed coup and U.S. sanctions in
Venezuela. Benjamin vehemently denies the accusations and says she was
in fact the one assaulted when she and other activists demonstrated at a
press conference hosted by Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz and
Florida Republican Mario Díaz-Balart condemning President Nicolás Maduro
and announcing the launch of a Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus.
Later in the broadcast, we'll go to Washington, D.C., to speak with
Medea Benjamin.


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