Ron Johnson: “8 million Venezuelans have fled the nation because Chavez…”

“The fact that we've had global adversaries, China, Russia, Iran, Cuba operating out of Venezuela is not good for our hemisphere. It's not good for American national security as well. Certainly not good for the Venezuelan people. 8 million Venezuelans have fled the nation because Chavez and Maduro impoverished that what should be an unbelievably wealthy nation. They're rich in oil, gold, other minerals, that type of thing, all squandered on the ultra of socialism.” (02:14–02:23)

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