thoroughfares in caracas toward the capital downtown where most national government buildings are located. at one point they were stopped by the national guard. opposition lawmaker described the moment to cnn saying tear gas bombs started raining on us. former presidential candidate was told friday he can no longer do any political activity. said the show of force was unnecessary. translator: this is refregs, this is a crime. they re committing crimes and violating human rights by stepping on the rights of people. the government has staged a self coup and what they are doing to me is part of it. reporter: this is the fifth consecutive day of protests. demonstrators are also protesting the supreme court which issued a ruling stripping the parliament of legislative power and giving to itself. the court reversed its decision after widespread condemnation and three days of protests.
is speaking out saying donald trump was a clear and present danger, that the top officials were shaken, that they were afraid he would attempt a coup, try to hold on to power. what we call a self coup or auto coup. and then you have kevin mccarthy, who, as we remember, first said called out trump after january 6th in the protest and now is going running back to donald trump again because that s where he thinks his chance of becoming speaker of the house is. i will tell you one thing that i think is important context with kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy has been a