SOKY Indivisible holds protest in response to recent U.S., Venezuela conflict

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – SOKY Indivisible held a protest in Bowling Green Monday afternoon, making their voices heard on the recent conflict in Venezuela.

Surrounding the four corners of Nashville Road and Campbell Lane’s intersection, the protest focused on the recent U.S. capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro over the weekend.

We spoke to a first-time protestor, who initially stopped at Speedway to get gas. She decided to stop by and see what was happening, which helped open her eyes and made her voice heard.

“I wanted to lend my voice just because I disagree with what our president is doing in Venezuela, and I don’t think we had a real reason to be there… and I think that we’re using our politics all the wrong way. I have children that are grown and starting their lives and are going to have families. I don’t want them to have this kind of a life,” Kimberly Malone Weiskircher says.

The main goal of getting out on the streets is simple: making people aware of what’s happening.

“We want to be sure that we let our Congressmen and Senators know our concerns. The polling shows that Americans do not support this, vast majority does not support this… and we’re just standing up against that. No blood for oil,” SOKY Indivisible’s Cathy Severns says.

Senator Rand Paul also issued a statement on X Monday afternoon in response to Maduro’s capture. He expresses support for the people of Venezuela, saying they should not mourn his removal.

Paul also cites the founding fathers limiting the executive’s power to go to war without Congress’s approval as a way to limit war to acts of defense, and hopes this is a second chance for the Venezuelan people.

News 40 will keep you updated as we learn more on this situation.