President Donald Trump’s escalating actions against Venezuela will likely push more Republicans to cross the aisle and join Democrat colleagues in blocking moves that could lead to war.
This is the belief of Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine, who told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that Congress should and will act if Trump moves ahead with military strikes against the Latin American country, noting that he will reintroduce a war powers resolution.
“I do believe the numbers will change,” the Virginia Democrat said. “I, along with others, filed a resolution, no war in Venezuela or against Venezuela without congressional approval. It failed.”
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“But that was before all of these assets have amassed around Venezuela, and before President Trump said that the airspace needs to be closed,” Kaine said.
Kaine said he would act alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), “immediately should there be military action.”
The senator noted that he tried and failed twice to advance a War Powers Act resolution, but pointed out that two Republicans, Sens. Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski, voted with Democrats in the 49-51 vote.
“The circumstances have changed in the months since we had that vote. In each of these instances, we were able to get two Republicans to vote together with Democrats,” Kaine added.
“We think the escalating pace and some of the recent revelations, so, for example, the recent revelation about the ‘kill everyone’ order apparently dictated by Secretary Hegseth. We do believe that we will get more support for these motions when they are refiled,” he said, referring to a Washington Post report claiming a second strike was ordered against an alleged drug boat in September after there were reported survivors.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth slammed the report as “fake news.”
“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth wrote on X in response to the report.
Kaine agreed with fellow Democrats who believe a “war crime” may have been committed if the allegations are true.
“If that reporting is true, it’s a clear violation of the DOD’s [Department of Defense’s] own laws of war, as well as international laws about the way you treat people who are in that circumstance,” Kaine said. “And so this rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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