Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrived Saturday evening at Stewart Air National Guard Base, located just north of New York City, to face federal drug trafficking and weapons charges after the U.S. carried out an operation in Venezuela that targeted military facilities in the country.
Mr. Trump said the U.S. would "run the country" of Venezuela "until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
Democratic Congresswoman Doris Matsui said "military conflict should be a last resort" and that "acting without congressional authorization is illegal, reckless. and risks entangling the United States in a broader conflict that doesn't make America or the world safer."
Democratic Congressman John Garamendi also said Mr. Trump "illegally attacked Venezuela's capital and seized Nicolás Maduro."
Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley thanked the service members who carried out the operation and said the U.S. and Venezuela are "immeasurably better off."
Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa called the operation an "amazing display of American military power and precision."
Bay Area leaders react
Bay Area leaders such as Democratic Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and state Democratic Senator Scott Wiener spoke out against the U.S.' actions in Venezuela.
"This is illegal under the Constitution," Simon said. "The administration claims this is about drugs. On December 17, the President said on camera that he wants Venezuela's oil back. His words: 'They took our oil rights. We want it back.' This is a war being sold to the American people under false pretenses."
"This administration tells Americans there is no money for housing. No money for health care. No money to feed hungry children. But there is always money for war. Congress must reassert its Constitutional power to declare war and reign in this Administration. We must use every tool to hold this President accountable and to defend the principle that in the U.S., we do not let one man choose war," Simon said.
"Trump has no legal authority to invade Venezuela, given the lack of authorization by Congress. This lawless act is yet another impeachable offense by this thug President," Wiener said.
"Trump cares nothing for the human or economic cost of conquering another country - he cares only about enriching his billionaire donors. Trump is making clear yet again that, under this regime, there are no rules, there are no laws, there are no norms - there is only whatever Trump thinks is best for himself and his cronies at a given moment in time," Wiener said.
"Venezuela is ruled by an illegitimate regime, but the Administration has not made the case that an urgent threat to America's national security existed to justify the use of U.S. military force," Pelosi said in a statement on X. "President Trump has made no secret of his intentions to effectively abolish the Congress, and that pattern continues today with his flagrant disregard for the Article One war powers of Congress which is essential to our constitutional system of checks and balances."
"President Trump has launched what legal experts say is an illegal military action against Venezuela," Thompson said. "Decisions regarding military force when there is no immediate danger to the United States must involve Congress. That's why I voted in support of the NDAA, which reins in the president's ability to make unilateral military decisions. Congress must be convened immediately to hear the legal justification for this attack, its objectives, a detailed timeline for military action, the costs to U.S. taxpayers, and a plan to prevent further chaos in the region."
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