OMG. Rubio says Maduro was not the legitimate prez

[vapor2]

So is 47 a legitimate president?

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, unfortunately, they have a point with Maduro... (google it)...

Not that I would not agree that Trump's 2016 and 2024 had some questionable issues.

[RoseTrellis]

8. Edmundo Gonzalez

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=SWdt4kGZ-HFXdGlOF2Wrag

[hlthe2b]

10. Oh, yes. Maduro is not alone among the dangerously corrupt in Venezuelan government.

(or outside government for that matter). But Trump has no intentions of restoring to the duly elected Edmundo González--who would undoubtedly not let him steal their oil or enable his delusions of grandeur as dictator of the Western Hemisphere.

[Klarkashton]

2. How about Putin?

[Greg_In_SF]

3. He's right

Maduro was not the rightful President of Venezuela.

[The Blue Flower]

4. Isn't Netanyahu also under indictment?

Just asking.

[aka-chmeee]

5. Rubio was unable to resist his compulsion

to smear his lipstick over all of TSF's nether regions...olfactory discouragement not withstanding.

[The Madcap]

6. Maduro is not a good guy here.

But does that justify taking over a country and stealing its resources? If Venezuela wanted him out, there are other ways to do it that don't involve an armed invasion.

The R's will point to Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein as precedent for this, unfortunately, to justify it.

[SSJVegeta]

7. Put the opposition that was rightfully elected in charge.

Doubt that'll happen though...

[tulipsandroses]

9. What happened to not being the police of the world? Isn't that what MAGA has been saying?

Why is it our responsibility to oust this bad leader vs all the other bad leaders around the world?

What about leaders in countries where elections are just a sham. Ahem. Russia???

[area51]

11. Well,

Trump's not legitimate, either, according to the 14th amendment. So which country will be extracting him?

[EX500rider]

12. Maduro most certainly was not:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election

https://www.cartercenter.org/stories/center-finds-democracy-thwarted-in-venezuela/