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Ashley B. Moody: “He [Maduro] was never the legitimate leader. He is not the…”

Featuring: Ashley B. Moody, Republican | U.S. Senate from Florida

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Sen. Rick Scott speaks after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro

Published | Video Starts at 13:35

A drug trafficker who went through position after position in Venezuela and used those positions to, for his own profit, for his cronies, and he hijacked that government. He [Maduro] was never the legitimate leader. He is not the rightful president. Indeed, he is a criminal that has now been brought here to the United States to face justice as he should have been a long time ago. (13:35–13:42)

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Asserts that Maduro was never the legitimate leader or rightful president of Venezuela.

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