Rick Scott Accuses Maduro Of Genocide, Suggests U.S. Military ‘Help’ In Venezuela

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) on Sunday again suggested that the U.S. military “help” in Venezuela, ostensibly to deliver aid to the country as the United States calls for its current leader to step aside.

In an interview on CNN, Scott twice accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of “genocide.”

“Maduro is intentially starving his citizens,” Scott said.

“We’ve got to really consider whether we do military… help getting this aid in to save the starving people of Venezuela,” he added.

But in recent remarks to the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, Scott discussed the potential for U.S. military intervention in less humanitarian terms.

“We must not appear weak in the face of Chinese, Russian, and Cuban determination to prop up Maduro,” he said. “Our adversaries question our will and our determination.”

It’s been several months since President Donald Trump recognized Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela, in January. Since then, dozens of nations joined the U.S. in recognizing Guaidó, but Maduro remains in power.

After two Russian planes carrying military personnel landed in the country late last month, Trump told Russia to “get out.”

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  1. So I had to open the article to actually see who Skeletor was accusing.

  2. When will Rick Scott invade Israel and stop the real genocide against the Palestinians? When will Rick Scott stand against the Saudi genocide of the Yemeni’s? The Russians and Chinese were invited to Venezuela, America was not. It is America who is staging a coup in Venezuela on behalf of oil companies and the conservative ruling power elite.

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    So when will Republicans start to care about Americans suffering in Puerto Rico? Or asylum seekers fleeing unimaginable violence and poverty in Central America? Is it that there’s little to no oil there?

  4. While I agree in general, I don’t think having been invited necessarily absolves a foreign power from charges of abuse or genocide.

    An example: Before WW2, Franco’s “Nationalists” invited Hitler and Mussolini into Spain to help them destroy their opponents. The fact that these fascists were invited does not excuse their butchery.

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