Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., praised President Donald Trump on Monday for ordering the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
"We did the right thing. President Trump did the right thing," Tuberville said on Newsmax's "Rob Schmitt Tonight."
"And let's get on with helping the country be number one again," he added.
Tuberville noted Trump warned Maduro numerous times that he had to leave office or he was going to remove him.
"Sooner or later, people are going to start understanding what President Trump says, he means," the senator said.
"We finally got a president that believes in law and order. Now the Democrats don't believe in that," Tuberville added.
"They would rather have a confusion, lawlessness all over the country," he continued.
Tuberville warned that Colombia and Cuba could be next.
"We need a safe hemisphere," he stressed.
"President Trump is going to clean this mess up, and Democrats – just get out of the way and let a man do his job," Tuberville added.
The Alabama senator said Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, who is currently serving as acting president, cannot remain in charge.
"She's as big a criminal as Maduro," Tuberville said. "At the end of the day, President Trump knows it's got to be cleaned up."
"I don't know how it's going to happen, but he'll make sure that there's a free and fair election, and let the people of Venezuela pick their president," he added.
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