US lawmakers: If Trump attacks Venezuela, we will stop him

According to Isna, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, New York Senator Chuck Schumer, California Senator Adam Schiff, and Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul announced in a joint statement: “Unauthorized military action against Venezuela would be a huge and costly mistake that unnecessarily endangers the lives of our military forces.”

According to the Reuters News agency, these US senators continued to write: “If an attack occurs, we will introduce a war powers resolution to mandate a debate and vote in Congress on preventing the use of US forces in hostilities against or inside Venezuela.”

Meanwhile, Republican-led congressional committees have launched an investigation into the US military campaign on the coast of Venezuela.

Recently, several Republican US lawmakers have sharply criticized the White House for its handling of the proposed Ukraine peace plan, which they say favors Russia.

On Venezuela, U.S. lawmakers cited concerns about the administration’s months-long campaign without congressional approval, as well as a report that Secretary of War Pete Hegst on Sept. 2 ordered a second attack on a boat to kill survivors of the first attack, which could violate international law.

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, who sits on the Armed Services and Intelligence Committee, said he was trying to establish the facts surrounding the attacks.

He said: “My understanding is that if you kill the survivors in the water after the attack, we may face a problem.” “Once we get the facts, we can make the necessary decisions.”

US forces have carried out at least 21 attacks against boats suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific in the past three months, and 83 people have been killed in these attacks.

These attacks have been carried out while Trump has increased his military campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

In the meantime, White House spokeswoman Carolyn Levitt also said that Hoggst ordered Admiral Frank Bradley to carry out attacks on September 2.

Levitt also said that these attacks were carried out to protect US interests in international waters and were based on the laws of armed conflict.

Several US lawmakers have failed in their efforts to force Trump to seek congressional approval for the campaign, citing the constitutional requirement that only Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war.

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