On Venezuela, the Radical Left Aligns with America’s Enemies

The Democrats and left-wing establishment have come out against President Trump’s successful military action in bringing the rogue president of Venezuela to justice – aligning with America’s enemies. No surprise there. It is right out of the left-wing’s playbook. Whatever Trump does is to be condemned … period. And when there is a nexus between law enforcement and crime, the criminals get the advantage.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, in a posting on X, expressed the general sentiment of the eternal anti-Trump coalition – the folks with Trump Derangement Syndrome. She slammed the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro as both “unwise” and “unlawful.” “Unwise” is a matter of opinion, but “unlawful” is simply disinformation.

Harris said “We’ve seen this movie before. Wars for regime change or oil that are sold as strength but turn into chaos, and American families pay the price.” She added that Trump’s actions in the capture of Maduro “do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable.”

Other Oval Office wannabes chimed in. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker responded, “Donald Trump’s unconstitutional military action in Venezuela is putting our troops in harm’s way with no long-term strategy,” Of course, Pritzker has no way of knowing if there is a long-term strategy, or not.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attributes the action to “An unpopular president — failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home — decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.” Memo to Mayor Pete, no one launched a war. It was the arrest of a criminal.

Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, said, “The American people did not ask for this, Congress did not authorize this, and our service members should not be sent into harm’s way for another unnecessary conflict.”

Arizona’s other senator, Mark Kelly warned, “If we learned anything from the Iraq war, it’s that dropping bombs or toppling a leader doesn’t guarantee democracy, stability or make Americans safer.”

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen condemned the arrest of Maduro. No surprise there. He is the senator who traveled to El Salvador to make common cause with MS-13 gangbanger and human trafficker Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The condemnation cabal also included Vermont Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and others..

New York Congressman Max Rose appeared on MS Now (of course) to declare that Trump action in Venezuela was “Illegal, unlawful and unjust.”

The new radical left New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani placed a phone call to Trump to complain about the Venezuela mission. Hundreds of his supporters in the Big Apple took to the streets to demonstrate support for Maduro. Contrast that to the celebratory demonstrations in Miami – and the tens of millions who poured into the streets of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities waving Venezuelan and American flags. While left-wing media limited coverage of the public reaction in Venezuela – in some cases to none — social media was flooded with the images.

Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio Cortez disputed the White House claim that the capture of Maduro was about drug trafficking. “It is all about oil and regime change,” she alleged. Hmmm. Maduro was arrested on drug trafficking charges based on a 2020 indictment by the President Biden Justice Department. Biden placed a $25 million bounty on Maduro, which Trump increased to $50 million. The Trump DOJ issued a supplementary indictment in 2025.

California Congressman Ro Khanna posted on X, “We keep voting against dumb wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, & Libya, but our Presidents bow to a foreign policy blob committed to militarism.” A foreign policy “blob”????? And I do not recall Congress voting against those wars. On fact, Congress voted in support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq – and President Obama ordered the “surge” in Afghanistan. In other cases, Congress took no action other than general authorization legislation.

The Democrats’ strategy of universal kneejerk criticism was seen in a quickly drafted fundraising email from the Democratic National Committee begging for dollars to stop another fictional “unconstitutional war from Trump, who thinks the Constitution is a suggestion.”

The left-wing press is no different than the politicians I their evergreen attacks on Trump policies. The Washington Post’s Josh Rogin hyperbolically wrote that,“The United States has just kidnapped a foreign head of state and bombed a foreign capital…” Make no mistake, President Trump just committed an act of war against Venezuela.”

For the past 24 hours, MS Now has been on the usual 24/7 anti-Trump coverage. Virtually without exception, every host, panelist and paid contributor hammered the same message, that the capture of Maduro was illegal, unconstitutional, unwise and just plain wrong.

The legality or constitutionality of the action will be ultimately determined by the courts – not partisan political opinion. Certainly, Maduro’s attorneys will make that claim at the onset of his trial. But most legal authorities (those not hired by MS Now) believe the limited civil and military action will be deemed to be within the powers of the President. I agree.

Those on the left also claim that it is not really about drug trafficking – even though that is what the indictments say – but about regime change (restoring democracy to Venezuela) and the control of oil. Those are definitely secondary benefits should they be achieved — and should not be demeaned. They too work to the advantage of the United States and free world and against the interests of China, Russia, North Korea Cuba, Iran and the other authoritarian adversarial nations. I see them as contributing to the success of the mission. Something to celebrate.

It is no coincidence that these authoritarian nations have all voiced the same condemnation of Trump’s Venezuelan mission as America’s political left. The radical left continues to work against the interests of the United States in common cause with the criminal class and America’s enemies. Give that some thought.

So, there ‘tis.