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The recent U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro and removed him from power in Venezuela is a dramatic vindication of American resolve—and a rebuke to the do-nothing foreign policy crowd. After years of letting narco-tyrants and corrupt regimes export crime and chaos, the administration acted decisively to bring a criminal leader to American justice. This is the kind of decisive action our country craves, not endless hand-wringing and moral preening.
Predictably, many leading Democrats reflexively condemned the operation as “unlawful” and “unwise,” with prominent figures arguing the president lacked authority for the move. Their outrage reeks of performative constitutionalism when the real motive is partisan posturing—an attempt to score cheap political points while American interests and regional security hang in the balance. For years those same voices shrugged at Maduro’s brutality; now they pretend principle guides them.
Yet even as Democratic leaders criticized, a surprising number of House Democrats publicly acknowledged Maduro’s illegitimacy and the long suffering of the Venezuelan people, praising elements of the operation or celebrating his removal. That split exposes the obvious truth: these aren’t sober legal critiques but a political theater designed to undermine a popular president. Ordinary Americans see through it—people want security, not excuses.
On Fox News, Rep. Mike Lawler called out the hypocrisy, labeling the Democrats’ split response “laughable” and insisting Maduro was justly arrested after years of corruption and drug-trafficking allegations. Republicans and conservatives rightly point out the glaring double standard: Democrats condemn forceful action when it’s taken by a Republican president, yet are quick to soften their language about dictators when it suits their media narrative. This is about law and order, and about protecting Americans from cartels that have turned Latin America into a staging ground for crime.
Patriotic Americans should cheer when their government moves to dismantle networks that threaten our country, and demand more of the same toughness from leaders of both parties. If Democrats want credibility, they should pick a side: either stand with American law enforcement and victims of tyranny, or admit their objections are merely partisan theater. Until then, hardworking Americans will keep supporting leaders who act, not those who grandstand.
