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WV Democratic Party Responds to Regime Change in Venezuela
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2026
CHARLESTON, WV – When President Trump ran for office he promised peace, an end to foreign entanglements, and an America First foreign policy. Instead, he has delivered the very thing he claimed to oppose: another open-ended commitment to intervene in another nation’s affairs, with American taxpayers footing the bill and American lives potentially on the line.
Today, the president finally said the quiet part out loud. This is not about stemming the flow of drugs into the United States. If it were, his focus would be on Colombia, China, or even Mexico—countries that play a vastly greater role in the drug trade affecting our communities. This is about regime change. It is about enriching oil corporations and billionaires while ordinary Americans pay the price.
This represents a profound betrayal of the promises Donald Trump made to the American people. He has committed the United States to an uncertain role in South America with no clear mission, no defined end, and no authorization from Congress.
On November 2, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said that land strikes in Venezuela would require the approval of Congress. She added that if Trump “were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then (we’d need) Congress.” On November 6th, the Trump administration reiterated that position telling Congress the White House “doesn’t have a legal justification that would support attacks against any land targets.”
Congress must immediately assert its constitutional authority over American military action—the very authority Trump’s own chief of staff has acknowledged is required. As the president’s influence at home and abroad continues to wane, he appears increasingly willing to endanger Americans and sidestep the Constitution in a desperate effort to cling to power and relevance. That is unacceptable, and it must be stopped.
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