Rubio on Maduro: ‘At Some Point… We’re Going To Take These People On’

(PJ Media)—Marco Rubio is arguably the Venezuelan people’s most vocal ally in the United States and has been for well over a decade. He fully supports the opposition and goes after Nicolás Maduro any chance he gets. As a senator, he worked with both Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump to push for tougher sanctions on the farcical government.

“The Maduro regime’s abuses of power and violations of human rights are hurting innocent people in our hemisphere and threaten the national security interests of the United States, and we have a responsibility to stand with the Venezuelan people by extending these sanctions,” he said in 2016.

Now that he’s secretary of state, he’s in the perfect position to turn words into action. Lately, it feels like that’s exactly the path he’s on, and he’s become more and more vocal about it in recent weeks. I, for one, welcome it. Not only is the South American country in the midst of a major humanitarian crisis, but it’s creating an increasingly problematic national security challenge here in the United States and throughout much of the Western Hemisphere.

Unlike Joe Biden, who was soft on Maduro, easing sanctions, trading away leverage, and legitimizing his “presidency”, Rubio and Trump are now using stronger language — or calling him what he is: a criminal, cartel leader, and narco-terrorist — and they’re ramping up efforts to bring him to justice.

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and State Department announced a $50 million reward for “information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Nicolás Maduro for violating U.S. narcotics laws.”

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