republican senator blond frame responded this Wednesday to the challenge launched by the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorand accused him of praising only dictators.
“A president who has harsh words for democratically elected leaders in the United States but praise for a dictator in Nicaragua, a drug trafficker in Venezuela and a Marxist tyranny in Cuba,” Rubio tweeted.
A president who has harsh words for democratically elected leaders in the United States but praise for a dictator in Nicaragua, a drug trafficker in Venezuela and a Marxist tyranny in Cuba https://t.co/MLeOVZ5sl0
– Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 8, 2022
He thus responded to the statements of López Obrador, who during the morning conference this Wednesday challenged Rubio, a senator from Florida, and Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas, to prove that he has ties to drug trafficking. He also accused them of receiving money from pro-weapon groups.
“What is my link with drug trafficking in Mexico? I am not Felipe Calderón, even if you don’t like it,” said López Obrador, following Rubio accused the Mexican president on Tuesday of “handing over sections of the country to drug cartels” and of being an “apologist for tyranny in Cuba.” , a murderous dictator in Nicaragua and a drug trafficker in Venezuela”.
The exchange of statements follows López Obrador’s decision not to attend the IX Summit of the Americas because the United States did not invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Cruz, a senator from Texas, was summoned by the Mexican president to “present evidence” of the alleged links with drug trafficking. “I do have proof that he has been given money by those who are in favor of manufacturing weapons in USA so that there is no ban on the sale of weapons.”
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