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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......
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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?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They just didn’t do their Socialism correctly.
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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.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh really? How about our own ******* country, Pence? It’s falling down around our ears right now.
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:35:26 PM PDT
by
TTFlyer
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why not? Let them crumble.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
F@&$! Venezuela- worry about this county !!!
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:35:59 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:37:59 PM PDT
by
Lopeover
(The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We can’t let that socialist experiment fail in front of the world, eh? Gotta prop it up!
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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.)
To: proust
Also I didn’t vote for Make Venezuela Great Again.
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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.)
To: proust
So you’re accusing Vice President Mike Pence of being a Socialist sympathizer?
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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.)
To: TTFlyer
One thing I’ve come to realize about Republicans. They are tough on other’s soil. On their own? Not so much.
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:41:38 PM PDT
by
stevio
(God,Guns,Guts.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’m accusing him of cherry picking odd battles. Let his action show where his sympathies lie.
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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.)
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.
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:42:06 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:42:10 PM PDT
by
TTFlyer
To: stevio
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:42:41 PM PDT
by
TTFlyer
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Prepare for incoming refugees.
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:42:48 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: proust
I didn’t vote for Make Venezuela Great Again. You win 'Post of the Day' !!!
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:42:52 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
To: stevio
This. We’ve had some very aggressive adventures around the world with neocons. Can’t touch our urban hell holes though.
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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.)
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.
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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.)
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.
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:45:52 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....
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posted on
08/14/2017 7:46:25 PM PDT
by
KittenClaws
( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
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