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Marco Rubio: “We are going to judge everything by what they do, and we're going to see what they do.”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2026
We are going to judge everything by what they do, and we're going to see what they do.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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On assessing the new Venezuelan leadership's actions.

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