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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “I hope I am wrong about the President's motivations, and he brings Congress a real strategy to transition Venezuela to…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2026
I hope I am wrong about the President's motivations, and he brings Congress a real strategy to transition Venezuela to democracy. I hope he was moved by Maria Corina Machado's vision and not just her Nobel Prize. I am a show-me person, not a tell-me person, and so far President Trump has shown that he is more concerned with seizing Venezuela's oil than freeing Venezuela from dictatorship. ``Hasta el final''; ``Until the end.''
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the U.S. approach to Venezuela and President Trump's motivations.

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