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Chris Murphy: “Maduro is an illegitimate leader.”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published January 11, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:29

And in 2019, you wrote, quote, getting rid of Maduro is good for the United States. Is Venezuela now better off without Nicolas Maduro? Do you give the Trump administration some credit for that? So Maduro is an illegitimate leader. Putin is an illegitimate leader. That doesn't mean that it's good policy to invade those countries. (06:29–06:32)

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Asserts that Nicolas Maduro is an illegitimate leader.

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