Gingrich: Obama sides with Castro and Chavez

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused President Obama of siding with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez when it comes to the recent coup in Honduras.

Gingrich blasted Obama for opposing the coup in Honduras, which the former GOP leader insisted would have left in place a “leftist dictatorship.”

Gingrich tweeted Tuesday:

Sadly the obama administration has joined castro and chavez attacking honduran supreme court and congress for defending their constitution

Having castro call for defending democracy should convince any reasonable person that honduras was on the edge of a leftist dictatorship

The military coup in Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya, considered a leftist leader, after he’d pushed for a controversial referendum to extend his term limits.

The country’s Supreme Court has defended the military coup, which installed the speaker of the country’s legislature as interim president, as a necessary step to ensure democracy in the Latin American nation.

Cross-posted to the Briefing Room