Rick Scott: 'We Need to Stand Up for the People of Venezuela'

Gov. Rick Scotts team released a Web video on Wednesday in which he weighs in on the Venezuelan regimes crackdown on protesters who want democratic reforms.

"Your heart goes out to everybody in Venezuela, Scott says in the new video. Were a country of liberty. Were a country of freedom. They need to have the same freedoms and same liberty as we have. So our country, we need to stand up for the people of Venezuela.

Scott had met with President Barack Obama at the White House to discuss Venezuela and other subjects on Monday.

We are also asking the president to stand with the people of Venezuela who are striving for freedom and liberty against the forces of tyranny, Scott said on Monday after the meeting in the White House. President Obama should immediately announce that the U.S. is considering sanctions against Venezuela as long as they keep limiting free speech. He should put sanctions on the table like freezing the bank accounts of Maduro and his gang and revoking the U.S. visas of anyone involved in attacking peaceful demonstrators. The president must show that the U.S. will stand up against oppression and support those yearning to be free. That is our duty and our calling as Americans.