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Channel GOP · Speech · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Thomas Massie: Trump admitted the Venezuela war was "to get the oil," undercutting White House lawyers

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Rep. Thomas Massie, speaking at a press conference calling for Hegseth's impeachment, says the administration, with Pam Bondi's DOJ involved, built a legal construct for an operation they claimed "wasn't a war." He says President Trump then said Hegseth won two wars, Iran and Venezuela, and, with Hegseth beside him, said "we did this to get the oil."

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Who
Rep. Thomas Massie
Where
briefing - press conference on Hegseth impeachment articles
Original footage
USA TODAY · watch the full video from this moment
Length
59 seconds, unedited within the cut
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359 on Instagram
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We want to go in and kidnap a foreign leader and take their oil and make a some legal construct that would make this legal. Remember, they had the DOJ involved. Pam Bondi was involved in this in the press conference for this war that they say wasn't a war. Although President Trump, I think it was just yesterday, said that Hexas won two wars. Iran and Venezuela. Okay. So if it's not so this is why I feel sorry, sorry somewhat for the lawyers at the White House They come up with this tortured language so that maybe Heg Seth won't get impeached And then the president goes out and uses all the terms the lawyers told him not to do he commits candor He just tells the truth and he told the truth. This is a war There was not a police activity to interdict drugs or to stop a drug ring it was to kidnap a foreign leader so we could take their oil. And then he goes out like the next day, the president does with Hexas standing there with him saying, well, we did this to get the oil.

Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.

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