Kentucky Senator Rand Paul decries Vice President JD Vance’s “despicable” and “thoughtless” defense of a US military strike that killed alleged drug traffickers, likening the sentiment to executing the accused without a trial.

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky and chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, has sharply criticized Vice President JD Vance for his comments supporting the recent US military strike against alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean.

The strike, which occurred on Tuesday, killed 11 people aboard a Venezuelan boat and has since been defended by the administration as a necessary action against “scum of the earth” and “terrorists.”

The controversy began with a post from Vice President Vance on the social media platf

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