Marco Rubio got hammered Tuesday for his part in the Venezuela strike, with one Democratic Party representative saying the Secretary of State has undergone a "full MAGA-lobotomy".
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D- MD) blasted Rubio for doing what President Donald Trump "wants him to do," while fellow Democratic Party Sen. Cory Booker (NJ) called the strike a "constitutional crisis." Speaking to NOTUS, Van Hollen suggested a "Dear Leader syndrome" had spread through the White House.
While denouncing Rubio as having "had a full MAGA-lobotomy," Van Hollen added, "He essentially does what Donald Trump wants him to do. He has a little bit of the Dear Leader syndrome." Booker said Rubio has lost his principles.
Booker said, "We’re in a constitutional crisis, in my opinion. And it’s something that Marco, when he was in the Senate, wouldn’t have stood for."
The strike on Venezuela has been denounced by Democratic Party representatives, with Sen. Tim Kaine (VA) voicing his concern over the actions taken by the Trump administration.
The U.S. struck La Guaira, Caracas, and Higuerote while also capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Kaine has suggested Rubio is doing as he's told by Trump and the administration.
He said, "He’s doing what Trump’s telling him to do. We don’t have much illusion that Cabinet secretaries end up doing their own thing. They usually do what the boss wants, and he’s doing what the boss wants, and so that is not completely surprising."
Van Hollen also said those who are "legally required" to know about military actions were not informed before or after the strikes took place.
He said, "I can only speak for myself. I haven’t heard from him, but they didn’t inform the people who they’re legally required to, they didn’t reach out to leadership." Rubio would appear on NBC News to defend the lack of dialogue with the Democratic Party.
Rubio said, "This was not an action that required congressional approval. In fact, it couldn’t require congressional approval because this was not an invasion. This is not an extended military operation."
"This is a very precise operation that involved a couple of hours of action. It was a very delicate operation, too. It was one that required all these conditions to be in place at the right time, in the right place."
