As has been pointed out, the point of shaming Abrams over death squads in the 80's was to protect Venezuela in the current day, which is using ... guess what ... [death squads to punish dissent].    I hope Omar was just trying to score an unthinking point for the far left, and doesn't think that 80's era death squads were bad because they were followed by democracy, while Venuzuela's death squads are OK because they are protecting socialism.