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Elissa Slotkin: “In 2017. We had protests on the ground back in the early…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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WATCH: Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Senate Floor on War Powers and Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 06:15

So it is not a surprise that he had no plan and he has no idea where this is going to go. Now, you don't have to imagine instability in Venezuela, right? In 2017. We had protests on the ground back in the early 2000s. The then government had to fire or ended up firing 18,000 people in the oil industry because there was a general strike. We have no idea. (06:15–06:22)

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Asserts that Venezuela experienced protests in 2017 and the early 2000s.

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