I sent the following to Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville and Representative Mike Rogers:
I oppose the president's invasion of Venezuela. There's no legal or moral justification to invade the country to capture President Maduro, even with the U.S. indictment.
The president’s claim that the U.S. will run Venezuela is absurd. It will defocus the administration from priorities at home and lead to another longterm engagement like Iraq, likely with the tragic loss of American lives.
The president has no legal basis to unilaterally claim Venezuela’s oil for the U.S., regardless of the business losses when the Venezuelan government nationalized its oil industry in 1976.
The president’s military action is giving Russian president Putin justification for his invasion of Ukraine and emboldening China to invade Taiwan. His threats against Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Greenland, and Canada are deranged, the dreams of an imperialist madman.
I urge Congress to respond strongly to limit the president’s actions. If you remain acquiescent and continue fealty to this president, you are abdicating your responsibility to the Constitution.
The Founders must be rolling over in their graves.
