Byron York cautions that Venezuelan reports can’t be deemed ‘false’ yet
Byron York cautioned that reporting out of Venezuela remains uncertain and can’t yet be labeled true or false. Speaking on the Hugh Hewitt Show three days after U.S. forces reportedly attacked Caracas and captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, York said there’s insufficient on-the-ground information to verify conflicting accounts following acting president delcy Rodríguez’s takeover. he noted U.S. officials’ stated intentions but argued meaningful clarity won’t come in just 48 hours.Secretary of State marco Rubio said the U.S. has imposed an oil quarantine on venezuela and described the Trump administration as running a policy aimed at producing changes beneficial to Americans and to Venezuelans. The New York Times cited a senior Venezuelan official saying Operation Absolute Resolve’s death toll reached about 80 Venezuelans (including civilians), not counting Maduro’s security team, which Rubio said was controlled by Cuban personnel.
Byron York cautions that reports out of Venezuela can’t be deemed ‘false’ yet
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York suggested that all reporting surrounding Venezuela can’t be proven or disproven yet.
York offered his analysis on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Tuesday, three days after U.S. troops attacked Caracas, Venezuela, and captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Since the attack, conflicting reports have emerged about conditions in Venezuela following acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez’s takeover. York predicted that it will take time before a clearer picture emerges.
“I don’t know what’s happening on the streets of Venezuela right now,” York said. “We really don’t have a good feel of what’s going on on the streets of Venezuela right now. So, I’m not going to say that any report is false or overdone.”
“But I do know what American officials are saying their intentions are and what they plan to do, and I do know it can’t be done in the 48 hours we’ve been talking about it,” he added.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported that the United States has a quarantine on Venezuela’s oil while the Trump administration is “running policy.”
“It is running this policy, and the goal of the policy is to see changes in Venezuela that are beneficial to the United States, first and foremost, because that’s who we work for, but also we believe beneficial for the people of Venezuela who have suffered tremendously,” Rubio said on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday.
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A senior Venezuelan official told the New York Times on Sunday that the death toll for Operation Absolute Resolve by the Army’s Delta Force had risen to 80 Venezuelans, including civilians.
However, that number does not include the members of Maduro’s security team who were also killed. According to Rubio, the unit was “entirely controlled by Cubans,” and Maduro “had Cuban bodyguards.”
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