Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’
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Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky has labeled President Trump's military airstrikes against boats off Venezuela’s coast as “extrajudicial killings.” The strikes, carried out by US forces over recent weeks, targeted at least eight boats allegedly involved in drug trafficking, resulting in about 40 deaths. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Paul criticized the lack of transparency from the Trump administration regarding these operations and compared them to the execution methods used by repressive governments like China and Iran. He also co-sponsored a war powers resolution to block such military actions near Venezuela, though it did not pass in the Senate. This stance positions Paul against other Republican lawmakers who support the strikes.
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