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Channel GOP · Speech · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Thomas Massie reads Trump's own words on Venezuela oil in Hegseth impeachment articles on the House floor

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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, introducing articles of impeachment against Secretary Hegseth on the House floor, says Hegseth appeared alongside President Donald J. Trump right after the attack. Massie then quotes Trump: "We're going to run the country" until a transition, and "very large United States oil companies" would "go in and start making money."

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Who
Rep. Thomas Massie
Where
floor - US House, privileged resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth (Ar
Original footage
Reuters · watch the full video from this moment
Length
41 seconds, unedited within the cut
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496 on Instagram
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To wit, immediately following such attack, Secretary Hegseth appeared alongside President Donald J. Trump, during which the President announced in reference to Venezuela, quote, we're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition. So, we don't want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had. We're going to run it, essentially. And we're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in and start making money.

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