Sens. Peters and Slotkin

Sens. Peters and Slotkin

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Sens. Peters and Slotkin

Michigan's Democratic Senators Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters on Saturday sharply criticized President Donald Trump's invasion and takeover of Venezuela and the arrest of its president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife.

"President Trump's decision to bomb targets in Venezuela, depose Nicolas Maduro, and 'run' Venezuela continues the signature trend of his presidency: relentless focus on foreign entanglements and looking tough abroad, to distract from what’s happening to Americans' pocketbooks," Slotkin posted on X after Trump's press conference, hailing the move.

"Despite all the talking points to the media — and by Cabinet members directly to senators last month — this was never about stopping the drug cartels. If it were, President Trump wouldn’t have pardoned drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández, and he’d be going after Mexican cartels that move the fentanyl that’s killed hundreds of thousands of Americans — not fishing boats full of cocaine or, ultimately, the Venezuelan oil fields."

At his press conference Trump said the U.S. would “run the country” pending a proper transition of power. He also said U.S. oil companies will spend billions of dollars in Venezuela to fix its oil infrastructure, and that some of the revenues would benefit Venezuelans.

Sen. Peters weighed in on X:

"The United States does not need to drag itself into another forever war that puts American servicemembers in harm's way and has no end in sight. The President said the United State will now run the nation of Venezuela. The American people did not ask for this."

"I'm also deeply concerned this action could embolden our adversaries like Russia and China to attempt to remove legitimate leaders of U.S. allies around the world."