text: Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for assassination of Venezuela's president
  
  August 23, 2005 
  
  Pat Robertson, an American televangelist, former presidential candidate, and founder of the Christian Coalition of America, has called for the assassination of Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez. 
  On his popular talk show, "The 700 Club" broadcast on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Robertson said on Monday that Chávez had destroyed the Venezuelan economy and made his country a "launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism all over the continent". Ninety-eight percent of all Venezuelans are Roman Catholic or Protestant. 
  Relating to the latest allegations from Chávez that the U.S. is planning to assassinate him, which the U.S. government denies, Robertson said: "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it."
tokens: Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for assassination of Venezuela 's president August 23 , 2005 Pat Robertson , an American televangelist , former presidential candidate , and founder of the Christian Coalition of America , has called for the assassination of Venezuela 's president Hugo Chávez . On his popular talk show , " The 700 Club " broadcast on the Christian Broadcasting Network , Robertson said on Monday that Chávez had destroyed the Venezuelan economy and made his country a " launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism all over the continent " . Ninety - eight percent of all Venezuelans are Roman Catholic or Protestant . Relating to the latest allegations from Chávez that the U.S. is planning to assassinate him , which the U.S. government denies , Robertson said : " You know , I do n't know about this doctrine of assassination , but if he thinks we 're trying to assassinate him , I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it . "
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