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Jasmine Crockett: “There is no legal basis for the United States government to…”

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

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett exposes Trump's Venezuela War: "Illegal, Corrupt, and Costing Lives"

Published | Video Starts at 01:26

He deported Venezuelans to El Salvador's terrorist prison, even though many of them had no criminal record. So this was never about helping the Venezuelan people. Donald Trump does not care about Venezuelans at all. To be clear, There is no legal basis for the United States government to invade a sovereign country and kidnap its leader. There is no legal basis for recklessly bombing people who pose no immediate threat to the United States. And the exact language that I believe the Chairman used was that this was a precise operation. (01:26–01:32)

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Asserts that there is no legal justification for the U.S. to invade a country and kidnap its leader.

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