Dem seeking to serve as California's next financial watchdog took 2006 trip to study socialism in Venezuela
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Malia Cohen, the Democratic nominee for California State Controller, took a trip to Venzuela in 2006 to learn about Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution.
Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. On Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.
Cohen's trip to the country was documented in a CNN story about the group's tour, with Cohen claiming that "revolutionary thought" is "generational" as it showed an image of her gazing at a mural featuring a quote from Venezuelan leader Simon Bolivar that roughly translates to: "The health of a Republic depends on the morality acquired by education of citizens in childhood.…"
"The revolutionary thought and mindset is generational," Cohen told the outlet at the time. "What we see in the United States, and you really don't see grandparents and parents and even young as active politically."