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Jasmine Crockett: “I was concerned when he went into Venezuela because I said…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 03:32

This is not even a debate. Technically, that has happened in Congress. That's correct. I mean, you know, and here's the thing. I was concerned when he went into Venezuela because I said that because of the cowardice of our Republican colleagues, this was going to give a permission structure for bad behavior. And that's exactly what we've seen. Now, we know that he's been flirting with this. (03:32–03:44)

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Asserts that the President's actions in Venezuela were enabled by Republican colleagues' inaction, creating a precedent for further unilateral actions.

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