Rick Scott Leads Petitions Urging Obama to Take Action on Venezuela

On Monday, two prominent Florida Republicans -- Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio -- played up their opposition to Nicolas Maduro and his regime controlling Venezuela.

Scott announced that he would send petitions with more than 1,000 signatures from Florida urging President Barack Obama to take action against the regime. Back in February, Scott urged Obama to launch sanctions against the Venezuelan leadership.

The people of Venezuela have a voice this petition guarantees they will not be silenced, Scott said. Their voices will not be ignored. This petition represents the voices of over 1,000 people who have come together to urge the Obama administration to take action. The voices crying out for freedom, liberty and justice will not be ignored.

"Living in Florida, we are surrounded by friends, relatives and neighbors who are being directly impacted by Nicolas Maduro's wave of repression in Venezuela, Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Monday. I appreciate Rick Scott's continued efforts in support of our efforts in Congress to sanction individuals responsible for human rights violations in Venezuela and to get President Obama and his administration off the sidelines."