The White House on Sunday fired back at comments from Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who claimed that the U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro “has nothing to do with American security.”
In a post on X, Murphy argued that Venezuela does not pose a threat to the U.S., accusing President Trump of using foreign policy to benefit oil companies and his “Wall Street friends.”
"The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S.," Murphy wrote, alongside a video of a CNN interview. “This is about making Trump's oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump's foreign policy — the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela — is fundamentally corrupt.”
The White House’s Rapid Response account swiftly pushed back, accusing Murphy of ignoring the impact of crime and drug trafficking on Americans.
“You are a buffoon, Chris," the White House’s Rapid Response account wrote. “Tell that to the families of the innocent Americans brutally murdered by the gang members the regime imported here — or the drugs they trafficked here. You’re sick.”
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