Venezuelan expatriates know far better on perils of communism than coastal liberal elites

As a first-generation American on his mom's side, with his grandparents escaping a communist dictatorship in Yugoslavia to be granted asylum in the United States, Ryan can relate to Venezuelans and their emotional, positive response the Trump Adminstration extracting Nicolas Maduro from power in their home country. It is also why Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are both so passionate about this issue, as first-generation Americans of Cuban descent.