Markwayne Mullin: “Maduro has taken over the country [Venezuela]. He's turned…”

“Venezuela could be that example that they used to be a democracy. And what an economy can happen when you actually have free and open elections and allow the people to choose. What's happened is Maduro has taken over the country [Venezuela]. He's turned that government into a terrorist organization. He's allowing cartels to flow drugs openly to through Venezuela, is actually using the military and the police there to protect the drugs and the shipyards to what it's being shipped out of.” (05:43–05:49)

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