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Ruben Gallego: “President is trying to engage in war to topple the Maduro…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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SirusXM Potus: The Briefing with Steve Scully

Published | Video Starts at 11:02

You know, he's pushing out the propaganda and he is slowly, slowly moving us into war with the purpose of engaging in war versus mission creep, which we find ourselves in war. And so we have to be very clear, President is trying to engage in war to topple the Maduro government without permission from Congress or the American people in general. And, you know, I think, you know, it's something that should be stopped. It's illegal. And it's also, again, not in the long term national interest of this country. (11:02–11:13)

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Asserts that the President is trying to engage in war with Venezuela without Congressional or public approval.

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