Senator Ruben Gallegos has described the recent U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan vessels as "sanctioned murder," pointing directly to President Donald Trump's policies that he alleges led to unnecessary deaths.
Sen. Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific: "One boat was said to be in distress and trying to get back to land that was bombed--that was said to be a fisherman. I don't know because I don't have any of the evidence."