Republicans line up behind Trump after US strikes Venezuela, Maduro arrested: 'Changed the course of history'

Republican lawmakers are emphatically backing President Donald Trump's administration after the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its leader Nicolás Maduro.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., a member of the House Armed Services Committee whose district is home to a significant number of Venezuelan refugees, said he spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the operation was carried out.

"President Trump has changed the course of history in our hemisphere. Our country & the world are safer for it.