Mark Pocan: “An oil tanker being seized, a Venezuelan oil tanker.”

“As you know in the media, what has been happening with the White House and this administration around activities in Central and South America has been intensifying. Just yesterday, we saw An oil tanker being seized, a Venezuelan oil tanker. Something that in many other parts of the world or times in history would have been seen as an opening salvo to a war happened.” (02:39–02:43)

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