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Mike Johnson: “We didn't strike the country of Venezuela. We're not at war…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One

Published | Video Starts at 11:56

President Trump has said he would put Marco Rubio in charge of Cuba. Would you rule out America striking other countries in the way that they did Venezuela and removing the leader? Well, first of all, We didn't strike the country of Venezuela. We're not at war with Venezuela. We're not. There were military straits in the capital, Caracas, to remove the leader. We removed the leader because he was an indicted criminal in U.S. federal court multiple times. (11:56–12:01)

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Asserts that the U.S. did not strike Venezuela and is not at war with it.

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