Murphy rips Venezuela operation: 'There are evil, brutal dictators all over the world' [View all]
Source: The Hill
01/04/26 12:58 PM ET
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) slammed the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela, stating that “there are evil, brutal dictators all over the world” but “that does not give the American president the right to invade.”
“Listen, there are evil, brutal dictators all over the world. That does not give the American president the right to invade those countries, in large part because we have seen how this script plays out. I watched your interview with Senator [Tom] Cotton [(R-Ark.)]. You asked him what the difference was between Iraq and Venezuela,” Murphy told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”
“He didn’t say the difference was, ‘We aren’t going to invade Venezuela like we invaded Iraq,’ he said that, ‘If we invade Venezuela, which may be part of the president’s plan, it’s going to go really well.’ Over and over again, we have seen these warmongering [neoconservatives], many of which have influence in this White House, cheerlead us into war under the guise of removing a very bad man,” Murphy added.
On Saturday, President Trump announced that the U.S. had gone through with a “large scale strike” on the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. U.S. forces also captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Trump also said that the U.S. would “run” the South American country up until a transition after Maduro’s capture.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5671841-murphy-venezuela-us-intervention/
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