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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,<\/a> said U.S. actions in Venezuela amount to war, warning the Trump administration is sidestepping Congress as the Senate prepares to vote on war powers.<\/p>\n

Paul, a longtime non-interventionist who has repeatedly pushed to rein in presidential war powers, said he was glad a dictator was removed from power but argued the circumstances surrounding the removal of Nicolas Maduro<\/a> must be debated by Congress.<\/p>\n

“I think bombing a capital and removing the head of state is, by all definitions, war,” Paul told a gaggle of reporters. “Does this mean we have carte blanche that the president can make the decision any time, anywhere, to invade a foreign country and remove people that we\u2019ve accused of a crime?”<\/p>\n

RAND PAUL BLAMES RIVAL REPUBLICAN SENATOR FOR TRUMP VENEZUELA INTERVENTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“There is no question about the evils that were perpetrated on the people of Venezuela,” Paul said. “But this is a question about the prerogatives of power.”<\/p>\n

Paul made the comments as the Senate is set to debate a War Powers Resolution<\/a> on Wednesday. The resolution is grounded in the War Powers Act, a 1973 law designed to limit a president\u2019s ability to deploy U.S. forces without congressional approval.<\/p>\n

“The reason for this is they were concerned about the perpetual wars of Europe,” Paul said. “They didn\u2019t want so much power to reside in the hands of one person. And so they actually took that power and said the initiation of war should begin in Congress.”<\/p>\n

JOHNSON INSISTS US ‘NOT AT WAR’ AFTER CLOSED-DOOR VENEZUELA BRIEFING DIVIDES LAWMAKERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. forces captured the Venezuelan leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, following what the Trump administration described as “large-scale” military strikes targeting the Venezuelan government<\/a>. The two are being held in New York as they await prosecution on narco-terrorism charges.<\/p>\n

Paul rejected the administration\u2019s framing of the operation as law enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Now, I think the administration wants to present this as well. This is just law enforcement,” Paul said. “He\u2019s a drug dealer, and we just had to bomb the whole country because we had to protect the people arresting him.”<\/p>\n

Paul said Trump\u2019s opposition to regime change was a major reason he previously supported the president.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s one of the things that\u2019s always brought me back to my support for Donald Trump<\/a>,” Paul said. “There\u2019s at least a dozen, two dozen videos of the president campaigning saying he wasn\u2019t for regime change.”<\/p>\n

The War Powers Resolution is expected to be debated on the Senate floor Wednesday, with a vote likely Thursday.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re going to debate it on the floor tomorrow, and the vote will probably be on Thursday,” Paul said. “And I think it\u2019s one of the most important things that we do debate in Congress \u2014 when do we initiate war, and who has the power to initiate war?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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