Trump failed to MAGA but succeeded at something else: Make Marco Rubio Happy. Rubio is basically "Secretary Of State for Latin America" - the NYT

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Trump really wants to win Florida!

On Venezuela, Rubio Assumes U.S. Role of Ouster in Chief (Published 2019)

Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, has become a chief policy architect for the United States in a daring and risky campaign to dislodge Venezuela’s autocratic leader from power.

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Why Trump is focused on making Marco Rubio happy

The Florida senator plays an outsize role in Latin America — and he makes little secret of it.

www.politico.com

 

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There are many Venezuelans in his district.

 

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"If the Treasury Department fails to hold the Maduro regime accountable, the practical effect is that the Trump administration will be allowing socialist dictators to steal private property without consequence. Continued inaction from Washington props up the Maduro regime, giving Maduro and his henchmen a blank check to steal from more businesses, including those owned by Americans. Anyone who recognizes the value of free and open markets and supports property rights should be outraged.

Trump would undoubtedly welcome the votes of thousands of Venezuelan Americans in November. Many of these Venezuelan Americans voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to stand up to socialist dictators, including Maduro. That makes the current failure by the administration to hold the socialist Venezuelan regime accountable particularly disheartening."

Trump administration should stand up to Venezuela's socialist theft

President Trump has repeatedly referenced the dangers of socialism, both in speeches and on Twitter. Florida, a state critical to the president’s reelection, is home to hundreds of thousands of Cuban, Venezuelan, Central American, and other expats and their loved ones who know all too well how…

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