Senate readies vote on Venezuela war powers as Trump pressures GOP defectors

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are facing intense pressure from President Donald Trump to vote down a war powers resolution Wednesday that is aimed at limiting the president’s ability to carry out further military action against Venezuela.

Five GOP senators joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week, but Trump has lashed out at the defectors as he tries to head off passage of the bill. Democrats are forcing the vote after U.S. troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid earlier this month.

“Here we have one of the most successful attacks ever and they find a way to be against it. It’s pretty amazing. And it’s a shame,” Trump said at a speech in Michigan Tuesday. He also hurled insults at several of the Republicans who advanced the legislation, calling Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky a “stone cold loser” and Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine “disasters.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-senate-war-powers-2350b162d116090759a7428c4b915eea

[Lovie777]

1. So drugs was a false flag while killing fishermen on boats........................

Venezuela's crude oil is very dirty and special machinery equipment is required to refine it which cost millions which cost will trickle down to the US tax payers.

Meanwhile, Venezuela's gangs have taken to the streets, it not safe there. Muduro is a monster like most dictators, but the US should have had a plan regarding the safety of the population and a Democracy government in place.

This present administration and republican party and those 6 RW justices on the US SC are fuck ups.

Now they are after Greenland. WTF are they going to do in Iran.

And to boot, this administration is attacking American citizens.

Enough.

[RussBLib]

3. The US Gulf coast has multiple refineries...

….built specifically to refine heavy, sour crude, the type of crude VZ has tons of. Convenient, huh?

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[Scrivener7]

2. And again, we need to watch this vote and see which Democrats go along with the lunacy.

Hopefully none will.