Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) was livid after the Trump administration held a Senate Republican-exclusive national security briefing on Venezuela, accusing the president of jeopardizing national security.

President Donald Trump ‘s relationship with congressional Democrats has been worse than during his first term, marked by deep mistrust. In one of the biggest shows of this tension, the Trump administration briefed only Republicans on recent military strikes against Venezuelan drug boats. Warner, the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, viewed the move as an outrage, calling for a response in an impassioned speech to reporters.

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