A significant number of Democrats applauded after Donald Trump's line that the United States recognizes Juan Guaidó as president in charge of Venezuela, according to NBC.
"We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom, and we condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime, whose socialist policies have turned that richest nation in South America into a state of extreme poverty and despair," Trump said. .
Trump took the opportunity to criticize calls for socialist policies within the Democratic Party.
"Here in the United States, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country," he said. "America was founded on freedom and independence, not on coercion, domination and government control ... Tonight we renew our determination that America will never be a socialist country.