WATCH: Republican turns on Trump over Venezuela in powerful speech
January 5, 2026
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as posted by the channelSpeaking in one of the final sessions in the House of Representatives of 2025, Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie takes aim at Donald Trump for his brazen attempts to interfere in the affairs of other countries, namely Venezuela.
Weeks before Donald Trump's unprecedented invasion of Venezuela, Massie reminds the House of previous conflicts America was forced into by the powers in charge for the sake of nothing more than domination, rather than supporting and encouraging democracy and human rights.
Massie then called on his colleagues to support a War Powers Resolution directing the President to scrap the use of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela.
In this clip, Representative Thomas Massie discusses the perils of using claims of non-existent WMDs to justify military engagement, drawing parallels between past justifications for the "Iraq war" and current drug policy. He highlights James Madison's emphasis on the "House of Representatives" having the sole power for a "declaration of war", underscoring the importance of constitutional checks on executive power in "politics".
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