EXCERPT:
SMITH: “Why did you feel compelled to respond?"
PENCE: "Well, because the congresswoman doesn’t know what she is talking about. Nicolas Maduro is a socialist dictator who has taken what was once one of the most prosperous nations in this hemisphere and brought it literally to a level of deprivation and oppression and poverty that we have never seen. 9 out of 10 people in Venezuela live in poverty. 3 million people have fled Venezuela. That’s not a result of U.S. policies. That’s a result of the dictatorship and socialism that has been imposed on the people of Venezuela by Nicolas Maduro. And from early in this administration President Trump has made it clear the United States is not going to stand idly by while the people of Venezuela suffer under oppression and dictatorship and socialism. We’ve taken decisive steps and made it clear. Nicolas Maduro has no legitimate claim to power and Nicolas Maduro must go.”