Vice President JD Vance is being criticized for making light of the U.S. strikes that killed at least 14 people on boats in the Caribbean as backlash grows over the bombings, which experts said targeted civilians.

At a rally on Wednesday , Vance bragged about the supposed success of the strikes, which Venezuelan officials have said are designed to stoke war with the country.

“I was talking to Secretary [of Defense Pete] Hegseth, and you know what he said? ‘You know what Mr. Vice President, we don’t see any of these drug boats coming into our country, they’ve completely stopped,’” Vance said.

“And I said, ‘I know why. I would stop too — hell, I wouldn’t go fishing right now in that area of the world,’” he went on, laughing.

Vance’s joke was criticized for its callous nature, with cr

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