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Senate Republicans @SenateGOP - "The United States must stand with the people of Venezuela in their fight for democracy, and I urge the incoming administration to hold the Venezuelan government’s feet to the fire.”
—Senator Murphy, January 2025
https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-statement-on-sham-inauguration-of-nicolas-maduro-in-venezuela-and-arrest-of-opposition-leader
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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT
The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S..
This is about making Trump's oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump's foreign policy - the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela - is fundamentally corrupt.
https://x.com/SenateGOP/status/2007923020317544632

Senator Bill Hagerty @SenatorHagerty - For years, Maduro has led a vast international criminal network that has targeted Americans and brutalized Venezuelans, along with millions of others around the world.
Maduro is being aggressively prosecuted by Jay Clayton of @SDNYnews, who will ensure that justice is delivered and that Maduro is held fully accountable for his crimes.
Thank you to @POTUS, @AGPamBondi, and the law enforcement and military personnel whose decisive actions led to Maduro’s arrest.
https://x.com/SenatorHagerty/status/2007590041506238592

Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen - Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN
Van Hollen Statement on Trump Strikes in Venezuela
"The American people did not ask for this act of war to bring about regime change in Venezuela - nor did Congress authorize it. President Trump has put our troops in harm's way, and he has not provided a clear, fact-based rationale for these actions, nor the long-term strategy following these strikes. This Administration owes the American people and the Congress immediate answers. This act of war is a grave abuse of power by the President. The Trump Administration is repeating the worst mistakes of our past and endangering American lives - and their motive for doing so is a farce. Trump seized Maduro and his wife just weeks after he pardoned former Honduran President - and notorious convicted drug kingpin - Juan Orlando Hernández. Maduro is a dictator, but his regime did not pose the immediate threat necessary to warrant U.S. military action on foreign soil without Congressional approval. This is not about demolishing a dictatorship, as we've seen Trump cozy up to dictators around the world. This is about trying to grab Venezuela's oil for Trump's billionaire buddies. Congress must not abdicate its constitutional authority and allow control of the world's most powerful military to fall into just one set of hands."
https://x.com/ChrisVanHollen/status/2007480271960981764
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