Republican condemns Vance for ‘despicable’ comments on Venezuelan boat strike

Rand Paul decries thoughtless' comment after vice-president defends strike against alleged drug traffickers

The Republican senator who heads the homeland security committee has criticized JD Vance for despicable" comments apparently in support of extrajudicial military killings.

Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military," the vice-president said in an X post on Saturday, in defense of Tuesday's US military strike against a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, which killed 11 people the administration alleged were drug traffickers.