WASHINGTON _ For the first 30 minutes of President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, the House of Representatives was divided. Republicans shot out of their seats to offer applause. Democrats largely sat quietly.
But Venezuela unified them, at least for a moment.
"The United States is leading a 59-nation diplomatic coalition against the socialist dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro," Trump said about a half-hour into his speech. "Maduro is an illegitimate ruler, a tyrant who brutalizes his people. But Maduro's grip of tyranny will be smashed and broken."
