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Ron Johnson: “Venezuelans voted themselves into poverty, an oil rich…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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I Didn't Think I'd Ever Be Fighting This | Ron Johnson | POLITICS | Rubin Report

Published | Video Starts at 40:33

You can't solve problems if you're not willing to acknowledge that you have a problem. You're not, you know, deluding yourself is never a good strategy. And I've been pointing out to you audiences that Venezuelans voted themselves into poverty, an oil rich nation. a successful South American nation, won election, they voted themselves and put themselves on this destructive path. Right now America is on a very destructive path. (40:33–40:38)

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Asserts that Venezuela, despite being oil-rich, voted itself into poverty.

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