Reed Statement on Trump’s Military Strikes in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, after President Trump ordered the U.S. military to attack and destroy a boat in Caribbean for the second time this month, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement condemning the strikes:

"President Trump's actions are an outrageous violation of the law and a dangerous assault on our Constitution. No president can secretly wage war or carry out unjustified killings - that is authoritarianism, not democracy.

"These reckless, unauthorized operations not only put American lives at risk, they threaten to ignite a war with Venezuela that would drag our nation into a conflict we did not choose. The American people deserve to know what is being done in their name and why. Congress must demand answers, force transparency, and hold this administration accountable before it plunges us into another needless war."

Last week, Senator Reed spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the illegality of the ongoing operation. A transcript of his remarks is available here.

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