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Ruben Gallego: “The message has changed so many times. Now it's oil now that…”

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

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Sen. Ruben Gallego calls Venezuela strikes 'illegal'

Published | Video Starts at 01:49

… is that it's in the best national security interest of the United States, they say to put a stop to the drug trafficking that they say Maduro has undertaken. Well, The message has changed so many times. Now it's oil now that we're going to control the government. Now it's that yes, maybe it's drugs. But also just about three weeks ago, you also pardoned the former president of Honduras who's also convicted drug dealer. So we all know this is BS is a war of occupation. (01:49–01:59)

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Asserts that the U.S. administration has changed its justification for actions in Venezuela multiple times.

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