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Tim Kaine: “We should not be waging war against Venezuela.”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Kaine Joins NBC to Discuss the Epstein Files and Trump Threatening War Against Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 05:10

No. We should be using sanctions and other tools at our disposal to punish this dictator who is violating the human rights of his civilians and has run the Venezuelan economy into the ground. But I'll tell you, We should not be waging war against Venezuela. We definitely should not be waging war without a vote of Congress. As you know, I've long maintained we shouldn't be at war without a vote of Congress. (05:10–05:14)

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