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.
Larry-Just after I praised you for (mostly) just reporting the news on your tome on the Good murder, the real Larry appears and prints bullshit. What part of ‘Maduro was the leader of Venezuela’ and while we do not think he was legitimately elected, we do not think he was a nice person and we think he was involved in drug trafficking gives us the right to go into the country and arrest him without a declaration of war? And please, don’t even think of using the drug card-drugs had absolutely nothing to do with it, drugs are just a cover for the ignorant base (obviously yourself included) to eat up so they don’t get upset over ‘another foreign war’. (Perhaps you hadn’t heard about the president of Honduras, the one who was sentenced for drug trafficking in our courts. The one who trump pardoned?). Yes, this was all about oil-unfortunately because of all the issues with Venezuelan oil equipment and the fact that their oil is harder to refine, oil companies are not chomping at the bit to go there, but the fool-in-chief didn’t get that message. Such is life with a supremely ignorant president at the helm, just another day trying to turn the world upside down. (And in case it’s not obvious to your demented self-all the dems you quoted are correct with their opinions-this was an illegal operation..)
Mike F as in fag You would probably want that dictator ruling our country
No Seth, I don’t want a dictator running the US, that’s the biggest reason I want the trump regime out of power, no dictators (trump doesn’t have the breeding to be ‘king’, so I won’t use that term). And the correct word is ‘Gay’, you just (further) show your ignorance by using the pejorative’fag’.
How about cock sucker, carpet muncher, dyke, fairy, or several other names? The bottom line is that my King James Bible teaches us that it’s wrong. Of course you will disagree but that’s okay. As for dictatorship, tell us what evidence you have to prove Trump is trying be a dictator. I see him doing more for personal freedom. He wants the laws enforced, especially immigration. Why can’t people just apply for documents and come in legally? But he’s got a lot of good citizens who have his back.
Hammon, there’s plenty in the Bible that you ignore. Start with “do unto others……” You are just as much a sinner as any gay, and probably much worse than a lot. Every profession, every walk of like, includes gays. Every country, every point in history, not only has gays, but famous ones, famous for doing good deeds.
Come out of the closet, let your rainbow flag fly, but if that’s not your thing: just let people be.
How are you hurt by someone being gay. Afraid you might catch it?
Fear and loathing is no way to live a good life.
Nothing like wars on multiple fronts to pinpoint your goals. Got Deportation Wars at home: this was a losing plan from day one, so we open the drugs-for-oil war in VZ. The tariff taxation without representation war on US citizen’s rages as new jobs disappear, inflation continues, unemployment lumbers along with huge deficits torpedoing us below the debt waterline. Not enough, here comes Greenland. The protests this Spring will bring joy to Vlad’s black heart. Remember, I said it here: fixed assets.
What strikes me on this is how unobjective our hawk Larry gets when MAGA offers him a taste of blood. I would think he would have had enough nation building for a few lifetimes by now. He seems to totally align with the MAGArat’s King to support Trump’s snatch and grab beginning of yet another forever war. He has yet to fathom the possibility of a Putin/Trump trade: Ukraine for Venezuela as the madmen rulers make secret alliances to cut up the world and divide the spoils. Trump’s insane lust for oil goes against business and market economics. His plan to grab 50M barrels and keep the cash himself for whatever he feels is needed sure seems like the actions of a King. Or worse.
Afghanistan raged during Trump 1.0, as did Syria and other conflicts. Trump claimed the end of ISIS while today, it’s flourishing. It’s all smoke and mirrors as it always is. Polls down, cannons up. Rally round the flag boys. The middle dies, the rich prosper. Freedom for no one.
His story is boring, the answers are simple. Yes, the Democrats have come out against President Trump’s whatever the future holds in VZ ever-changing story with no conclusion or plan. Trump says it will take years. Larry does not listen. The Democrats are all for the end of Maduro, just not this way. Right thing, wrong way, ever hear of that Larry? There is no intelligent Democrat that thinks they can buck Trump on his snatch and grab. Still might say it’s the right thing, wrong way, but so what — there’s precedent and we know it.
As far as the rest, stick it where the sun no shine. You have not a clue why we are there, what goal was, and what the future plans are. Trump has covered the waterfront changing his mind, flip flopping from concept to idea faster than Melania changes outfits.
You claim since we react to his every stupid statement as: “aligning with America’s enemies. No surprise there.” Gee, Ublio, since when are our allies “America’s enemies?” Europe too? Hyperbolic much? Tis the MAGA way, when you can’t discuss intelligently, throw the traitor card.
And to say: “Where is a nexus between law enforcement and crime, the criminals get the advantage” seems disingenuous to the guy who freed seditionists, guys who beat and injured over 140 cops on 1.6.2021. The guy who let one drug kingpin nation ruler go, but does a snatch and grab on the little kingpin with a lot of oil.
“Harris said “We’ve seen this movie before.” Got that right. Larry the hawk just has an ax to grind. “She added that Trump’s actions in the capture of Maduro “do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable.” Got that right too.
“Of course, Pritzker has no way of knowing if there is a long-term strategy, or not” which does not seem to phase Horist at all. Good little sheeple.
“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….” It was the arrest of a criminal.” You can brand and market all you want. It’s a great military, not police, action that removed a bad, bad, guy, but when your army invades another country, what is that called? What if Russia snatched Senator Graham for who they have an arrest warrant open. Would Larry just sigh and say: “it was the arrest of a criminal?”
“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.” Sorry Larry, something off with that little gem of truth?
“With MS-13 gangbanger and human trafficker Kilmar Abrego Garcia.” Can you prove this? Has it been proven in a court of law? Hyperbolic much?
As to the reason, the plan, the future: drug trafficking, oil, regime change, oil, mineral resources, Iran (really Larry, Iran?). I am sorry, but that’s not the left, that’s Trump all over the rationale map, no plans in sight. Did you see Rubio’s face when Trump announced he and the Drunk of War would lead VZ? Rubio realized his Presidential aspirations just got tossed under the bus, Harris-as-border-czar style. Hegseth just drunk-smiled as he had not a clue.
Larry has not a clue what’s going on or why some of the nation really does not want to send our kids in to fight for oil that’s at $2.50 at the pump. Don’t hear any giant oil company investments yet either. Pretty hard to say: “we pump more than anyone, and we need more oil,” all out of the same side of your mouth. Larry has though.
Next, we will prove Larry has not a clue what people here and there actually think.
Dunger I admit to being a sinner. No question about it. Just like the rest of the world. That’s why we have an advocate with God through Jesus. I have a queer in my extended family but I don’t discuss it with him. But he admitted that he’s wrong. But can’t help himself. The more proof that those people are either mentally unstable or demon possessed.