Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) criticized White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller Tuesday after his comments about Venezuela and Greenland following the attack and capture of ousted president Nicolás Maduro.
Kelly, a veteran and Armed Services Committee member, was responding to questions from CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who wanted to know what Kelly made of Miller's comments Monday night and what potential plans the Trump administration has for the South American country.
"Does anybody believe this guy?" Kelly asked, responding to the comments from Miller, who, nearly 24 hours ago, got in a testy conversation with Tapper after the anchor started asking Miller if Venezuela should hold elections to select a new leader instead of handing the country over to one of Maduro's underlings.
"I mean, he obviously does not. They don't do not have a plan. They need to have a plan," Kelly said.
"Venezuela used to be a democracy, right. And we should be at this point making efforts to help them get back to a democracy, to have a democratically elected government running Venezuela," he added. "We do not want to be in the business of running this other country. And by the way, regime change generally has not worked out well for us. Look at South Vietnam, Cuba, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan. It usually does not go the way that we we hope. And it often puts service members in harm's way."