Republican Sen. Rand Paul lashed out at JD Vance’s “disdain for human life” after the vice president said he “didn’t give a s–t” about committing war crimes against alleged drug traffickers.

The rift exploded when Vice President Vance celebrated the sinking of a small Venezuelan boat alleged to contain several drug traffickers.

The Kentucky senator said it was “worrisome” if the new Coast Guard policy was indiscriminate strikes on boats.

Vance wrote on X, after reports that 11 people had been killed in the strikes, “Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military.”

When an X user told Vance that he was celebrating a “war crime,” the vice president angrily responded, “I don’t give a s–t what you call it,” prompting a rebuke from Paul. “

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