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Stephen Lynch: “The whole reason for removing Maduro was to allow her to…”

Featuring: Stephen Lynch, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 8th Congressional District

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Massachusetts Representative Stephen Lynch calls Trump's comments on running Venezuela "laughable"

Published | Video Starts at 05:20

You know, the Venezuelan people should have a vote in this. This is their country. There's 27 million of them. They have had democracies in the past. She ran against Maduro and won decisively. And The whole reason for removing Maduro was to allow her to take her rightful place as president of Venezuela. And now the President is saying, no, no, no, we're not going to do that. She. She can't handle it. Nice lady, but we're not going to let her do that. (05:20–05:31)

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Asserts that the reason for removing Maduro was to allow Maria Karina Machado to become president.

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