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Kirsten Gillibrand: “If President Trump really did want to do regime change, why…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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U.S. Senator Gillibrand says Trump Administration has no plan for peace and stability in Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 08:12

He ripped up their democracy. He apparently was disappearing and harming journalists. He was creating a repressive regime. And so what's really shocking is If President Trump really did want to do regime change, why is he allowing the Maduro government to stay in place? Why is he allowing this corrupt government to continue to govern when he could have made an effort to install the duly elected government of Venezuela that the people overwhelmingly elected? (08:12–08:18)

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Questions why [President Trump] allows the Maduro government to remain if he supports regime change.

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