Bipartisan lawmakers slam U.S. takeover of Venezuela

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers have sharply criticized the United States’ takeover of Venezuela on Saturday.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will run Venezuela “until such a time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.” Trump’s announcement followed U.S. strikes on the South American country and the capture of its leader, Nicolas Maduro, who was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on narco-terror charges.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called the Trump administrations actions “unconstitutional” in a post on social media Saturday.

“The American people voted for lower costs, not for Trump’s dangerous military adventurism overseas that won’t make the American people safer,” Warren wrote.

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., also called the actions unconstitutional and criticized the administration’s immigration priorities.

“He’s willing to risk American and Venezuelan lives for political gain, but refused to extend a critical lifeline to families fleein...