Ron Johnson: “We'll buy that oil. We'll make that, put that money into an…”

“He's going to use the oil as leverage to make sure that the transition administration does right by the Venezuelan people. So We'll buy that oil. We'll make that, put that money into an escrow account to pay the civil servants. so they can keep Venezuelan society operating as we transition to a real election. Again, the election was stolen by Maduro, but have a real election so you can establish freedom and democracy for the people of Venezuela and far greater prosperity.” (07:56–08:02)

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