Tammy Baldwin: “Nicolas Maduro is without a doubt a horrendous and…”

“I rise today in strong support of my colleague from Virginia's resolution prohibiting the United States from engaging in any further military operations in Venezuela. And I want to begin by asking a simple question. Have we learned nothing? Nicolas Maduro is without a doubt a horrendous and illegitimate dictator. He lost the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, but through fraud and force, he stayed in power. He is a known drug trafficker and has been indicted twice by the Department of Justice on multiple charges of collaborating with drug cartels and smuggling drugs into the United States.” (00:28–00:43)

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