US EditionTrump says 5 GOP senators who voted to limit Venezuela war powers "should never be elected to office again"
Trump condemned five GOP senators for backing a resolution to limit his military actions in Venezuela, calling their vote unconstitutional and a threat to national security.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Senate advanced Sen. Tim Kaine's War Powers resolution 52-47, prompting President Donald Trump to blast five Republican senators who supported it.
- Lawmakers, citing concern about escalation, said the vote followed the U.S. military's seizure of Nicolás Maduro last weekend and sought to reaffirm that further action requires congressional authorization.
- In his Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said `Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America` and named Susan Collins, U.S. Senator from Maine, Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator from Alaska, Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Josh Hawley, U.S. Senator from Missouri, and Todd Young, U.S. Senator from Indiana.
- Legislatively, the measure faces long odds since it is unlikely to receive a House vote and President Donald Trump would likely veto it, though the Senate vote shows significant unease about U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
- Collins is facing tight political pressure this year as Sen. Susan Collins, U.S. Senator from Maine, seeks a sixth term while Governor Janet Mills and Graham Platner attack her record.
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Moulton, McGovern co-sponsor legislation to block ‘war in Venezuela’
Massachusetts Congressmen Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Jim McGovern (MA-02) have re-introduced legislation that would stop any further U.S. military action in Venezuela and would give Congress the authority of deciding on military operations in the country. Called the War Powers Resolution, it would require the Trump Administration to halt U.S. military involvement in Venezuela unless Congress explicitly approves such an action, which Moulton’s offi…
Trump Explodes at Susan Collins in Profanity-Soaked Blowup: Report
On Thursday, during a Senate push on a war-powers resolution tied to U.S. military involvement in Venezuela, President Donald Trump phoned Maine Sen. Susan Collins and unleashed a stream of profanity and fury directly into her earpiece, according to sources who spoke with The Hill and were later detailed in reporting by AOL.com. One GOP senator familiar with the scene described Trump as “very mad, very hot,” in the exact words used by a source —…
Trump Says 5 GOP Senators Who Sided with Dems to Advance War Powers Resolution 'Should Never Be Elected to Office Again'
President Donald Trump strongly rebuked five Republican members of the Senate who sided with Democrats to advance a war powers resolution that would block the commander-in-chief from using U.S. military […] The post Trump Says 5 GOP Senators Who Sided with Dems to Advance War Powers Resolution 'Should Never Be Elected to Office Again' appeared first on The Western Journal.
Trump's foreign policy reveals fractures in the GOP
President Donald Trump’s capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in Caracas last weekend may have earned him praise from Republican hawks, but it has also exposed fissures in the GOP. Five Republican senators on Thursday voted with Democrats to proceed with a resolution restricting Trump’s war powers regarding Venezuela, as questions are raised concerning what comes next for the oil-rich country now grappling with a change of leader…
Trump dials Collins with ‘profanity-laced rant' over Venezuela war powers vote
President Trump on Thursday laid into Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) with a “profanity-laced” phone call after she supported a Democratic-led war powers resolution over his actions in Venezuela. According to two sources familiar, a fuming Trump dialed up Collins, the foremost Senate GOP centrist, during the vote aimed at blocking the White House from using [...]
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