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Rick Scott: “He sent gangs of Venezuelans trained in Ragua and El Cartel…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Sen. Rick Scott speaks after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro

Published | Video Starts at 07:01

And I want to congratulate her for the Nobel Peace Prize. Let's remember what Maduro is. He's a drug trafficker. He's a narco terrorist. Right. He sent gangs of Venezuelans trained in Ragua and El Cartel de soldiers to terrorize Americans, to rape Americans, to sell drugs to our kids and her grandkids, to kill them. I mean, this is a despicable human being. And when I got the phone call early, very early Saturday morning from Marco Rubio, I was ecstatic. (07:01–07:11)

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Asserts that [Maduro] sent gangs of Venezuelans to commit crimes in the U.S.

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