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VP Mike Pence: US not going to stand by while Venezuela 'crumbles'
ABC News ^ | August 14, 2017 | Veronica Stracqualursi

Posted on 08/14/2017 7:33:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Vice President Mike Pence, speaking from Colombia, emphasized today the U.S. has "many options" when it comes to dealing with the crisis in Venezuela.

"What's appropriate is for the United States of America to make it clear that we have, as the president said, many options on Venezuela," Pence said in an interview with NBC News. "We're simply not going to tolerate seeing Venezuela collapse into dictatorship."

"President Trump has made it clear - we’re simply not going to stand by while Venezuela crumbles," he continued.

Venezuela has recently been rocked by violent protests and political unrest. In a controversial vote in July, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro installed a constitutional assembly of his supporters, with the power to rewrite the country's constitution......

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; latinamerica; maduro; pence; third100days; trump; trumpsouthamerica; venezuela; vppence
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Don't they have the world's largest oil reserves?
1 posted on 08/14/2017 7:33:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They just didn’t do their Socialism correctly.


2 posted on 08/14/2017 7:35:16 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh really? How about our own ******* country, Pence? It’s falling down around our ears right now.


3 posted on 08/14/2017 7:35:26 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why not? Let them crumble.


4 posted on 08/14/2017 7:35:37 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

F@&$! Venezuela- worry about this county !!!


5 posted on 08/14/2017 7:35:59 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, please......


6 posted on 08/14/2017 7:37:59 PM PDT by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We can’t let that socialist experiment fail in front of the world, eh? Gotta prop it up!


7 posted on 08/14/2017 7:39:24 PM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: proust

Also I didn’t vote for Make Venezuela Great Again.


8 posted on 08/14/2017 7:40:02 PM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: proust

So you’re accusing Vice President Mike Pence of being a Socialist sympathizer?


9 posted on 08/14/2017 7:40:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: TTFlyer

One thing I’ve come to realize about Republicans. They are tough on other’s soil. On their own? Not so much.


10 posted on 08/14/2017 7:41:38 PM PDT by stevio (God,Guns,Guts.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m accusing him of cherry picking odd battles. Let his action show where his sympathies lie.


11 posted on 08/14/2017 7:41:51 PM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hey Mike!

Concern yourself with AMERICA FIRST!!

I realize that is a foreign notion to politicians, but try it. You may even like it.

12 posted on 08/14/2017 7:42:06 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No, just a GOPe hack.


13 posted on 08/14/2017 7:42:10 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: stevio

+ 1000%


14 posted on 08/14/2017 7:42:41 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Prepare for incoming refugees.


15 posted on 08/14/2017 7:42:48 PM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: proust
I didn’t vote for Make Venezuela Great Again.

You win 'Post of the Day' !!!

16 posted on 08/14/2017 7:42:52 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
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To: stevio

This. We’ve had some very aggressive adventures around the world with neocons. Can’t touch our urban hell holes though.


17 posted on 08/14/2017 7:43:18 PM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: proust

I don’t know why we don’t let them fail except that some did not vote for it. Maybe we should decapitate the communism and make the supporters pay back those who opposed it. The communist supporters may be slaves on the edge of starvation and never able to pay off their harm. I do not care.


18 posted on 08/14/2017 7:45:38 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The US has enough problems within our own borders. Fix ourselves before we fix the rest of the world. We shouldn’t the world police or its mommy.


19 posted on 08/14/2017 7:45:52 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....


20 posted on 08/14/2017 7:46:25 PM PDT by KittenClaws ( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
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