Some Republican lawmakers say America is at war with foreign drug smugglers, but they have little interest in having a say in the fight — despite Congress’ constitutional responsibility to authorize military force.
Several Republican lawmakers interviewed Tuesday said they would prefer to leave it up to the president. Rep. Derrick Van Orden told NOTUS he has just one word of input for President Donald Trump after a second deadly strike on a boat carrying alleged drug smugglers from Venezuela: “More.”
“They’re narco-terrorists that are trying to smuggle poison into the United States to kill our citizens,” he said. “I have no concern about eradicating these savages, at all.”