Valley congressional leaders react to U.S. actions in Venezuela

CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Reaction is coming successful from crossed Central California aft the United States carried retired a subject cognition successful Venezuela aboriginal Saturday morning.

"To simply spell successful and prehend him successful the mediate of the night, that's a beauteous bonzer thing," said Fresno State governmental prof Tom Holyoke.

Holyoke says the operation, which targeted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is highly unusual.

President Trump did not question legislature authorization earlier it was executed, and it's present drafting crisp absorption from section Congressional leaders.

Democratic Congressman Jim Costa penning successful a statement, "reports that the President acted without consulting Congress are profoundly troubling. The Constitution is wide that Congress indispensable beryllium progressive earlier the usage of subject force."

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Congressman Costa besides questioned the administration's priorities, writing, "It should beryllium focused connected lowering costs like wellness care, housing, and groceries, not abrupt subject enactment overseas."

And arsenic details proceed to emerge, galore are questioning the legality of the situation.

"One could easy reason that what we did contiguous was an enactment of warfare against Venezuela. And lone Congress has the powerfulness to state the United States astatine warfare with different country," Holyoke said.

But successful a connection to Action News, Republican Congressman David Valadao praised the move, penning successful part, "The Maduro authorities has inflicted violence, corruption, and suffering connected the Venezuelan people, and contiguous that ends."

His chap enactment Vince Fong, besides applauding the administration, wrote, "I commend President Trump and our brave men and women successful azygous for bringing Maduro into custody. I look guardant to him lasting proceedings successful the Southern District of New York."

Holyoke believes that answering these ineligible questions could beryllium cardinal to adding discourse to President Trump's intentions going forward.

The President has said the United States volition efficaciously "run Venezuela" from this constituent on.

"Are we going backmost in? I don't know. And if we do, are we going to govern it similar we did successful Iraq and Afghanistan, which didn't spell precise well? I don't know," Holyoke said.