US EditionRand Paul calls Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes ‘extrajudicial killings’
Sen. Rand Paul calls the airstrikes extrajudicial killings without Congressional approval or evidence, comparing them to actions by China and Iran, and stresses constitutional limits.
- On Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul condemned U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug-transporting vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, calling them `extrajudicial killings`.
- The Trump administration has shifted its approach by reclassifying drug cartels as terrorist groups and pursuing a military campaign against traffickers in the Americas, with President Donald Trump saying Thursday he may use force without war declaration.
- The strikes have killed 43 people, and the U.S. military has not released their identities to Congress and the public; two survivors were repatriated to their home countries instead of facing U.S. trial.
- Only Sen. Lisa Murkowski has publicly opposed the strikes this past week, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune defended them as national-security responses and Democrats lack votes to block amid shutdown deadlock.
- Constitutional text requires Congress to authorize war, and Sen. Rand Paul said briefings cannot override the U.S. Constitution, warning that exceeding legal restraints risks dangerous blowback.
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Republicans Are Speaking Out Against Trump's Boat Bombing
A growing number of Republicans are publicly challenging President Donald Trump’s expanding bombing campaign against alleged drug-trafficking cartel boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Most Republicans in Congress have shown little opposition to Trump in his second term as he stretched the limits of executive power, but signs of dissent have emerged over the military campaign launched in early September, without …
GOP Senator Compares Trump To China, Iran For Drug Boat Strikes
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) escalated his ongoing feud with President Donald Trump on Sunday by likening the commander in chief to authoritarian governments in China and Iran for authorizing strikes on drug-trafficking boats bound for the United States. The self-styled libertarian Senator — a close ally of Rep. Thomas Massie, a fellow Kentucky lawmaker who is currently facing a Trump-backed primary challenger — has accused Trump of violating the co…
Rand Paul calls Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes ‘extrajudicial killings’
Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), a libertarian Republican, on Sunday said the Trump administration is carrying out “extrajudicial killings” by striking alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Paul said no evidence has been presented to Congress to justify the president’s military operations against vessels that officials say are…
Rand Paul Takes to Fox News Sunday to Condemn Trump Over Shutdown Gridlock, ‘Extrajudicial Killings’ On Suspected Drug Boats
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) condemned President Donald Trump on two major issues during an appearance on Fox News Sunday with anchor Shannon Bream. Bream began by asking Paul about what he would ask Trump if there were a briefing on the US airstrikes against alleged drug-transporting vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Trump claimed on Thursday, “We may go to the Senate, we may go to the Congress and tell them about it, but I can’t imagine they’…
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