Karoline Leavitt: “The illegitimate Venezuelan regime was sending illegal…”

“… resoundingly reelected him back to this office, that he was not only going to crush foreign drug cartels, but that he was not going to stand by and watch as The illegitimate Venezuelan regime was sending illegal criminals and gang members and rapists and murderers to our country. which happened to the tune of thousands under the previous administration and president. And so there could be nothing more America first than this operation that took place last week.” (1:27:17–1:27:28)

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