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Matt Gaetz: “All of the oil proceeds were going to Chinese companies, to…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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The Anchormen Show Episode 91 - From Caracas to Kiev w: Damian Merlo & Pearson Sharp

Published | Video Starts at 32:41

This was one of the most telling parts of the movie, the documentary you produced, because it shows a vision of how people affected by this … All of the oil proceeds were going to Chinese companies, to Russian businesses, and America was frankly left behind. … to something very different? This wasn't a headline from someone at a studio in New York. You know, this was a guy who was actually living there. (32:41–32:50)

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Asserts that oil proceeds from Venezuela were going to Chinese and Russian companies, not American ones.

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