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(KRON) — California Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment Saturday after the president ordered an early-morning strike on Venezuela, capturing the country’s leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
The couple was taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima and is headed to New York, where they will face criminal charges, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Saturday.
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Wiener called Trump’s invasion of Venezuela illegal and questioned his motives for the attack.
“Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela isn’t about drugs, and it isn’t about helping the people of Venezuela or restoring Venezuelan democracy,” Wiener said. “Yes, Maduro is awful, but that’s not what the invasion is about. It’s all about oil and Trump’s collapsing support at home. Trump must be impeached and removed from office immediately.”
Trump said in a press conference Tuesday morning that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela following Maduro’s capture. The invasion was done without Congressional approval.
“Trump has no legal authority to invade Venezuela, given lack of authorization by Congress,” Wiener said. “This lawless act is yet another impeachable offense by this thug President.”
Wiener blamed the attack on Trump’s declining approval rating.
“Trump is a total failure, with his polling numbers in the toilet, the Epstein scandal growing, and the American economy struggling,” the senator said. “This reckless and illegal invasion of Venezuela — with full regime change — is designed to distract the public and to extract Venezuela’s oil wealth for Trump’s benefit and the benefit of his cronies. He is risking yet another foreign adventure morass for American troops and taxpayers, all for his own benefit.”
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Wiener called the strike a “reckless attack” that will make the “entire world less safe.”
“This lawless coup is an invitation for China to invade Taiwan, for Russia to escalate its conquest in Ukraine, and for Netanyahu to expand the destruction of Gaza and annex the West Bank,” Wiener said. “Trump cares nothing for the human or economic cost of conquering another country — he cares only about enriching his billionaire donors. Trump is making clear yet again that, under this regime, there are no rules, there are no laws, there are no norms — there is only whatever Trump thinks is best for himself and his cronies at a given moment in time.”
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John Ross Ferrara
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