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Marco Rubio: “We don't believe [Maduro's] legit. We've been pretty clear…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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LIVE: Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds year-end news conference

Published | Video Starts at 1:29:45

Yeah, I don't have any announcements on that one. And do you see Maria Crane of Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez as the heir apparent for power? Well, We don't believe [Maduro's] legit. We've been pretty clear we didn't recognize him as a legitimate president. The previous administration didn't as well. The first Trump administration didn't either. He's not the legitimately elected president. They had an election last year that was stolen and everyone knows it. (1:29:45–1:29:50)

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Asserts that the U.S. does not recognize Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.

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