Honorable James DeMint
United States Senator, South Carolina, Republican
Senator DeMint was elected to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina in November 2002. He serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from a July 2, 2009, statement on the coup in Honduras. The people of Honduras have struggled too long to have their hard-won democracy stolen from them by a Chávez-style dictator. The Honduran Congress, the Honduran Supreme Court, and the Honduran military have acted in accordance to the Honduran Constitution and the rule of law. For weeks leading to his arrest, Zelaya flouted the constitutional authority of the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court, and…
