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On the recordOctober 23, 2025
We don’t blow up boats off Miami because 25 percent of the time suspicion is wrong. We shouldn’t do it off Venezuela either.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Paul criticizing military actions against boats in the Caribbean.

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