Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Wednesday it is “curious” that the Trump administration is targeting Venezuelan boats with military strikes, given the tremendous size and scope of the drug trade.

“Why Venezuela? We know that there are huge amounts of drugs that come through Mexico and other countries,” Kinzinger told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I never, and maybe this was my naivete, I’ve never put Venezuela as this leading drug issue in the United States. And so I think that’s curious.”

President Trump has authorized five known strikes against what the administration alleges, without........

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