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BumRushDaShow

(163,449 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:49 PM Oct 26

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 Oct 26 OP
Put up the evidence Trump, Rubio and Hegseth!! NCDem47 Oct 26 #1
Senator Gallego is 100% correct, it's murder. sheshe2 Oct 26 #2
He is, indeed. Solly Mack Oct 26 #4
Venezuelan oil is the goal Easterncedar Oct 26 #3
The U.S. is now the largest producer of crude in the world thanks to all the horrible fracking BumRushDaShow Oct 26 #5
And distract from the Epstein files. iemanja Oct 26 #8
That's the #1 thing. BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #10
Agree republianmushroom Oct 26 #6
Well I won't say I told you so. twodogsbarking Oct 26 #7
Glad someone finally said it. Also blue_jay Oct 27 #9
The MLK Jr quote BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #11

NCDem47

(3,227 posts)
1. Put up the evidence Trump, Rubio and Hegseth!!
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:55 PM
Oct 26

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

BumRushDaShow

(163,449 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, 05:38 PM
Oct 26


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

(153 posts)
9. Glad someone finally said it. Also
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 02:54 AM
Oct 27

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

BumRushDaShow

(163,449 posts)
11. The MLK Jr quote
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 06:50 AM
Oct 27

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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