Senate Republicans are cautiously following the lead of President Donald Trump on Venezuela, keeping an open mind to interim leader Delcy Rodriguez despite her years as ex-dictator Nicolas Maduro’s deputy.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), part of the Gang of Eight briefed Monday on the capture of Maduro is for now trusting the assessment of the Trump administration, which views Rodriguez as a more flexible successor to Maduro, removed from power over the weekend in a risky military operation in Caracas.

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