WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Reverend Warnock issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement after President Trump announced U.S. forces had carried out "a large scale strike against Venezuela" to capture the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro. The President announced this morning that, "we are going to run the country now" until a "proper transition" can take place.

"Americans do not want U.S. troops involved in yet another endless war or their government running another government. Yet, that is what Donald Trump who, as a candidate promised to get us out of foreign wars, has announced. "We will run" Venezuela. We have seen that awful movie before.

"To be sure, N...