And let me also make the point. This is not to defend Maduro. Maduro was an awful ruler. And I am critical as well try to be equal opportunity critic. The Biden administration in 2024, when the Venezuelan people voted in overwhelming numbers to sell out Maduro, we didn't put near enough pressure then on other regional powers to get him to go. But that badness doesn't then give our current president the ability to individually decide, okay, I'm going to do this, not notify Congress, not tell the people what our goal is. (09:30–09:42)
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Asserts that the Biden administration did not apply enough pressure on regional powers regarding Maduro in 2024.
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