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BumRushDaShow

(162,423 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 03:49 PM Sunday

Sen. Ruben Gallego says Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug boats is 'murder'

Source: NBC News

Oct. 26, 2025, 9:50 AM EDT


WASHINGTON — Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said on “Meet the Press” that President Donald Trump’s decisions to strike alleged drug boats in the Caribbean were “murder.”

Asked whether he believed that the strikes were consistent with international law, Gallego said, “No, it’s murder.”

“It’s very simple,” Gallego continued. “If this president feels that they’re doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If there’s an act of war, then you use our military, and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder.”

Gallego’s comments come as the U.S. has said it conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug boats since September, killing dozens of people. Two of the strikes were in the eastern Pacific, and eight strikes were in the Caribbean Sea. NBC News has not independently confirmed whether the boats were carrying drugs.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ruben-gallego-trump-administration-strikes-caribbean-murder-drugs-rcna239826

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Sen. Ruben Gallego says Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug boats is 'murder' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP
Put up the evidence Trump, Rubio and Hegseth!! NCDem47 Sunday #1
Senator Gallego is 100% correct, it's murder. sheshe2 Sunday #2
He is, indeed. Solly Mack Sunday #4
Venezuelan oil is the goal Easterncedar Sunday #3
The U.S. is now the largest producer of crude in the world thanks to all the horrible fracking BumRushDaShow Sunday #5
And distract from the Epstein files. iemanja Sunday #8
That's the #1 thing. BumRushDaShow Monday #10
Agree republianmushroom Sunday #6
Well I won't say I told you so. twodogsbarking Sunday #7
Glad someone finally said it. Also blue_jay Monday #9
The MLK Jr quote BumRushDaShow Monday #11

NCDem47

(3,182 posts)
1. Put up the evidence Trump, Rubio and Hegseth!!
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 03:55 PM
Sunday

And don’t spend months manufacturing it AFTER we’ve lobbed bombs and we’re “already in too deep to turn back now.”

BumRushDaShow

(162,423 posts)
5. The U.S. is now the largest producer of crude in the world thanks to all the horrible fracking
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 06:38 PM
Sunday


This is all creating more distractions to look like a tin-pot dictator and try to raise the approval poll numbers by being a "war President".

blue_jay

(142 posts)
9. Glad someone finally said it. Also
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 03:54 AM
Monday

just pulled out my magnifying glass to read the fine print, love that MLK jr quote you have, just so sadly accurate.

BumRushDaShow

(162,423 posts)
11. The MLK Jr quote
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:50 AM
Monday

is sadly very true and we have at least a 3rd of the U.S. population who are not only conscientiously stupid, but willfully stupid.

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