Native Venezuelan, Now Proud American, Warns of ‘Fruits of Socialism’

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Native Venezuelan, Now Proud American, Warns of ‘Fruits of Socialism’

Daniel Davis  December 11, 2019 / 40 Comments


In the 1980s, Patricia Rucker’s family left Venezuela, planning that her father would work for a time in the U.S. “Venezuela to me was the most perfect country you could have on this earth,” Rucker recalls. “Not only beautiful weather—beautiful people, very moral, very safe, very free, never had an income tax. The Constitution of Venezuela was modeled after the U.S. Constitution.”

But the family’s plans changed, even as Venezuela fundamentally changed. “Hugo Chavez was able to win an election by making promises and sowing envy, telling folks you should have what others have, you should have whatever, the nice houses,” Rucker warns. “You should get this, you should get that.”

Now a U.S. citizen and a West Virginia state senator, Rucker is speaking out about the dangers of socialism. Read the lightly edited interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast:

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/11/native-venezuelan-now-proud-american-warns-of-fruits-of-socialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=native-venezuelan-now-proud-american-warns-of-fruits-of-socialism?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&

[PeteS in CA]

Venezuela and Socialism are the primary topics of this article, so I'm moving it to Editorials.