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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

‘They lied to our face’: Democrats decry Trump’s military raid on Venezuela

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Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference as Donald Trump looks on at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday. Photograph: ABACA/Shutterstock

Democratic leaders responded with fury on Sunday to Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela, slamming it as an illegal act carried out in the absence of required congressional approval that would lead to disaster for the American people.

Top Democrats took to the Sunday TV political talkshows to express their dismay at the lack of any prior notification of lawmakers about the audacious military raid 24 hours earlier.

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