US televangelist Pat Robertson apologizes for assassination remark
{{date|August 25, 2005}}

[[Image:HugoChavez1824.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez]]
[[File:700club.gif|thumb|left|200px|Pat Robertson (right, front) and the rest of ''The 700 Club'' hosts.{{Image credit|CBN}}]]

[[w:Pat Robertson|Pat Robertson]], the [[w:televangelist|televangelist]] founder of the conservative [[w:Christian Broadcasting Network|Christian Broadcasting Network]] and host of [[w:The 700 Club|The 700 Club]], has apologized for his earlier [[Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for assassination of Venezuela's president|controversial statement]].
 
After initially denying that he called for the assassination of [[w:Hugo Chavez|Hugo Chávez]], the President of [[w:Venezuela|Venezuela]], he later apologized for the remark:

"Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement", said Robertson.

On Wednesday, he initially denied having called for Chavez to be killed and said The Associated Press had misinterpreted his remarks.

"I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out,'" Robertson said on his show. "'Take him out' could be a number of things including kidnapping."

===Related news===

*[[Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for assassination of Venezuela's president]], August 23, 2005

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200508220006
|title=Robertson calls for the assassination of Venezuela's president
|author=Nicole Casta
|pub=Media Matters
|date=August 22, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050824164209990018&_ccc=4&cid=842
|title=Robertson Apologizes for Chavez Comments
|author=The Associated Press
|pub=AOL
|date=August 25, 2005}}

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez
Pat Robertson (right, front) and the rest of The 700 Club hosts.

Pat Robertson, the televangelist founder of the conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and host of The 700 Club, has apologized for his earlier controversial statement.
 
After initially denying that he called for the assassination of Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela, he later apologized for the remark:

"Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement", said Robertson.

On Wednesday, he initially denied having called for Chavez to be killed and said The Associated Press had misinterpreted his remarks.

"I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out,'" Robertson said on his show. "'Take him out' could be a number of things including kidnapping."

*Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for assassination of Venezuela's president, August 23, 2005

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