Kristen Welker Tries to Pin Down Marco Rubio On Who Exactly Will Run Venezuela: ‘Is it You?’

Kristen Welker Tries to Pin Down Marco Rubio On Who Exactly Will Run Venezuela: ‘Is it You?’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio failed to give a clear answer to NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday when she pushed him to explain who would be in charge of Venezuela, following the U.S. arrest of the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro.

Rubio joined Meet the Press to discuss the American military action conducted on Friday night that captured Maduro and his wife. He told Welker that the U.S. was categorically not at war with the country of Venezuela, though the administration’s strikes against boats allegedly carrying drugs would continue.

“There’s not a war. I mean, we are at war against drug trafficking organizations. It’s not a war against Venezuela,” said Rubio. “We are enforcing American laws with regards to oil sanctions. We have sanctioned entities. We go to court. We get a warrant. We seize those boats with oil, and that will continue,” he said.