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Mark Pocan: “They promised us they weren't planning any going into…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 56 with Matt Duss

Published | Video Starts at 27:40

Yeah, it was very clear when we had a briefing on the bombings of the boats that they were setting this up. That was the argument that they wanted to put that out there. And that's also when They promised us they weren't planning any going into Venezuela, which they shortly thereafter did. Right. And this is tied to Cuba because it's very clear Marco Rubio cares as a, a former senator from Florida, immensely about issues around Cuba and Venezuela. (27:40–27:47)

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Asserts that the U.S. government promised not to invade Venezuela but did so shortly after.

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