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Jim McGovern: “Nicolas Maduro is a tyrant. He violates the human rights of…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Trump is Sleepwalking America into a WAR with Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 07:11

He's the pardoner in chief. If you want to stop drugs from coming in, start by not pardoning drug dealers. Those who want to go to war also point out that Nicolas Maduro is a tyrant. He violates the human rights of his own people. He has unlawfully detained Americans and Venezuelans as political prisoners. He is a violent, vicious, brutal dictator. And guess what, Mr. Speaker, sadly, the globe is full of violent, vicious tyrants in China, Russia and North Korea. (07:11–07:21)

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Asserts that Nicolas Maduro is a tyrant violating human rights and unlawfully detaining people.

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