Meeks on Oil Deal with Venezuela: 'To Our Benefit' if We Can Turn Them Away from Russia, 'Strategically, It Makes Sense'

On Wednesday's broadcast of MSNBC's "MTP Daily," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) reacted to a possible oil deal with Venezuela, by stating that, with certain conditions, if we can move Venezuela away "from being an ally and selling oil and dealing with Russia, it's to our benefit." And "strategically, it makes sense. Particularly, because we share this hemisphere."