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President Trump’s bold move to seize Nicolás Maduro and bring him to American soil was the kind of decisive action this country sorely needed after years of watching a narco-regime peddle misery and drugs across our borders. For too long Washington stood by while Maduro’s cartel-state exported terror and cartel poison into our neighborhoods; someone finally did the hard thing to defend the American people.
The early-morning operation that overwhelmed targets in Caracas and placed Maduro under U.S. custody shocked the world, and the president announced that Maduro and his wife were flown to New York to face justice on long-standing indictments. The roar from the president’s critics was immediate, but the simple fact remains: a wanted criminal accused of running a transnational drug and terror apparatus can no longer hide behind the trappings of dictatorial power.
Predictably, Democrats took to cable TV to scream “illegal” and demand Congress “rein him in,” as if their chest-beating over process excuses the decades of weakness that let Venezuela rot. Their sanctimonious claptrap about congressional authority rings hollow when compared with their prior tolerance for foreign kleptocrats and their refusal to secure our own borders from drug cartels. If Democrats cared about the rule of law, they would have acted long before a U.S. court issued indictments and before American lives were lost to cartel opioid networks.
On Capitol Hill, principled Republicans and national-security hawks rightly praised the operation as the enforcement of justice and protection of American citizens, not some reckless land grab. Senators and members who spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted this was coordinated with law enforcement and designed to ensure Maduro faces his charges in a U.S. courtroom. This is what leadership looks like—action to protect our streets and hold transnational criminals accountable.
Conservative members like Rep. Sheri Biggs and countless patriots across media and the heartland celebrated a president who finally put American security first, rather than bowing to hollow globalist outrage. The left’s theatrical calls for congressional intervention expose the real agenda: protect the failed political elites who enabled Maduro’s tyranny and oppose any American strength that upsets the status quo. Americans should see through that charade and stand with a commander-in-chief who delivered results.
This moment will be used by some to argue about doctrine and oversight, and those debates have a place, but they shouldn’t be allowed to obscure the primary objective—removing a dangerous trafficker who threatened our communities. If Washington wants to preserve its legitimacy, Congress should stop posturing and support the lawful prosecution of narco-terrorists while ensuring our troops and officers have the clear authorities and resources they need. The choice is simple: side with weak excuses that let criminals roam, or side with American families and the rule of law.
