Posted on 10/27/2025 1:39:00 PM PDT by RandFan
The Trump administration’s military airstrikes against boats off Venezuela’s coast that the White House claims were being used for drug trafficking are “extrajudicial killings”, said Rand Paul, the president’s fellow Republican and US senator from Kentucky.
Paul’s strong comments on the topic came on Sunday during an interview on Republican-friendly Fox News, three days after Donald Trump publicly claimed he “can’t imagine” federal lawmakers would have “any problem” with the strikes when asked about seeking congressional approval for them.
US forces in recent weeks have carried out at least eight strikes against boats in the Caribbean off Venezuela’s coast, killing about 40 people that the Trump administration has insisted were involved in smuggling drugs.
Speaking with Fox News Sunday anchor Shannon Bream, Paul asserted that Congress has “gotten no information” on the campaign of strikes from Trump’s administration – despite the president claiming the White House would be open to briefing the federal lawmakers about the offensive
“No one said their name, no one said what evidence, no one said whether they’re armed, and we’ve had no evidence presented,” Paul said of the targeted boats or those on board. He argued that the Trump administration’s actions bring to mind the way China and Iran’s repressive governments have previously executed drug smugglers.
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And just what does Rand propose that the POTUS do to protect the USA from this? /s.
He’s irrelevant.
Rand has nutz in his head, going on Fox News with this.
Of all the Democrats, Rand Paul is one of my least favorite.
He is just as crazy as his dad.
No one in the history of U.S. warfare was killed after a judicial proceeding. That means all U.S. military strikes killing our enemies are deemed unconstitutional by Rand Paul.
Like it or not the constitution does grant executive authority for these actions as noted by commander in chief powers over the military. These are active transgressions of our borders and it is rand Paul who is anti constitutional and siding with enemies of the U.S.
Rand has drugs in his head, smoking on that big “L”libertarian bong.
Gee, Rand, what have you DONE to stop the flood of drugs into the US?
What’s that? **Not a damn thing?**
At least Trump is stopping **some** of the crap from hitting the streets in the US.
Trump - Putting War into the War of Drugs....
No, he’s just an irritating, sanctimonious and self-centered jack ass.
Its easy to understand why his neighbor beat him up. LOL
Just because you keep dropping these turds on Jim Robinsons carpet means they smell any better with the sheer volume.
Gee, Paul, when are you going to get Fauci, like you promised?
Your sole focus should be this murderer, not Pres. Trump.
Rand Paul worries about drug runners in the Southern Hemisphere, over our own country's problems.
He believes anyone who has created and is using a drug submarine, launching from Venezuela, must be innocent until proven guilty, adjudicated by a judge in the United States, where there is no authority for it to be tried.
Rand Paul, and his supporters, are completely nutz.
Then file impeachment and warcrime charges, and STFU, Rand. Stop grandstanding and let’s adjudicate the issue.
The same with Barry Goldwater.
Or... President Trump is taking military action to defend America from invaders under the War Powers Resolution. People die in military strikes.
Starboard wrote: “No, he’s just an irritating, sanctimonious and self-centered jack ass.”
Are you talking about Rand or Ron?
Well, Rand... Would you prefer that we air-burst all the fentanyl we interdict, directly over the cartel compounds sending that stuff our way?
From Don Quixote to Donkey Hodie - the story of Rand Paul.
That’s generally how drug dealers are dealt with
His neighbor had the right idea, albeit for the wrong reason. Rand is why swirlies were invented.
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