James Lankford: “The last election that occurred in Venezuela, Maduro lost…”

“So it was a very serious move that was made on that. The plan now is to be able to set them up for elections. The last election that occurred in Venezuela, Maduro lost 70, 30, but he stayed as a dictator in power anyway. The people of Venezuela want to be able to choose their own leaders that will give them the option to be able to do that again. Yeah, they want legitimate authority to return.” (01:12–01:20)

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