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Angie Nixon: “They've taken control of Venezuela's oil.”

Featuring: Angie Nixon, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Florida

Angie Nixon, Florida's most dangerous Democrat

Published October 1, 2026

This state run propaganda program that Donald Trump is trying to start, that's wild to me. He's attacking the free press. They've taken control of Venezuela's oil. And so he is doing things in a communistic way, Right? Exactly. And so I am someone who is totally against that. (10:12–10:15)

STATEMENT

Asserts that control has been taken over Venezuela's oil.

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