Markwayne Mullin: “The president has a duty to protect the American people in…”

“These same Democrats were absolutely quiet during the Arab Spring underneath Obama ran by, you know, Secretary Clinton at the time. The truth is, is that The president has a duty to protect the American people in this hemisphere, and he's doing exactly that. Secretary Rubio, by the way, every one of these senators is asking these questions. They've been in classified briefings. They know the actual threat that was happening in Venezuela.” (00:35–00:42)

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