Five Republican Senators Join Democrats To Pass Resolution That Would Limit Trump's Ability To Conduct Further Strikes In Venezuela

Five Republican senators joined Democrats in voting in favor of a war powers resolution that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further strikes in Venezuela.

Todd Young, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins supported the measure, which, however, has virtually no chances of becoming law because it would have to be signed by Trump should it pass the House.

AP News detailed that Young and Collins flipped on the vote, considering they had voted against similar resolutions in the past.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman also supported after previously signaling he could oppose it. He published a statement on social media saying he believes the "arrest of (authoritarian President Nicolas) Maduro was a positive development for Venezuela and its people" and saluted the "incredible military for their precise execution."

"I voted AYE on this resolution to discharge it from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee so we can continue this important debate on the floor of the Senate," he added.

Fetterman joined Democrats after disagreeing with many on the matter throughout the past months. Most recently he criticized his own party for failing to "acknowledge" that the capture of Maduro was a positive development for the South American country.

In a social media publication, Fetterman recalled that "less than a year ago, President Biden upped the Maduro bounty to $25,000,000."

"Removing Maduro was positive for Venezuela. As a Democrat, I don't understand why we can't acknowledge a good development for Venezuelans—and how deft our military's execution of that plan was," Fetterman added.

Trump slammed the five Republican senators, saying they should "never be elected to office again." "This Vote greatly hampers American Self Defense and National Security, impeding the President's Authority as Commander in Chief. In any event, and despite their "stupidity," the War Powers Act is Unconstitutional, totally violating Article II of the Constitution, as all Presidents, and their Departments of Justice, have determined before me," he added in a social media publication.