I would have done something about it. America will never allow foreign powers to rob our people of, drive us back into and out of our own hemisphere. That's what they did. Furthermore, Under the now deposed dictator Maduro, Venezuela was increasingly hosting foreign adversaries in our region. and acquiring menacing offensive weapons that could threaten U.S. interests and lives. And they used those weapons last night. They used those weapons last night, potentially in league with the cartels operating along our border. (16:46–16:53)
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Asserts that Venezuela hosted foreign adversaries under Maduro.
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