"You cannot continue to have the largest energy reserves in the world under the control of adversaries ... and stolen by a handful of oligarchs inside of Venezuela,"
"As Secretary Rubio stated yesterday: 'This is the western hemisphere, this is where we live. And we are not going to allow the western hemisphere to be used as a base of operation for our nation's adversaries and competitors and rivals of the United States,'"
"coordinating with corrupt Iranian officials,"
"malignly influence the United States."
Mike Waltz defended the U.S. abduction of Venezuela's president and framed the action as targeting adversaries and rivals across the western hemisphere. He asserted that Nicolás Maduro is responsible for destabilizing the western hemisphere. He alleged Venezuela supports groups like Hezbollah and is coordinating with corrupt Iranian officials without providing evidence. Waltz quoted Marco Rubio to argue the western hemisphere cannot be used as a base for U.S. adversaries, competitors, or rivals. He argued that the world's largest energy reserves cannot remain under adversarial control and claimed they have been stolen by Venezuelan oligarchs.
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