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America’s armed forces executed a decisive mission inside Venezuela that resulted in the capture and removal of Nicolás Maduro, a man long accused of running a corrupt, narco-criminal regime. The strike and apprehension were swift and surgical, delivering accountability where polite diplomacy failed for years and where the consequences of inaction spilled poison into our neighborhoods.
Federal law enforcement wasted no time turning the moment into justice: Maduro and his wife were flown to U.S. custody to face longstanding narcotics and narco-terrorism charges in the Southern District of New York. For too long Caracas has been a safe haven for cartel networks that smuggled poison into our communities; bringing those responsible before American courts is exactly the kind of results-oriented action Americans elect leaders to take.
On Fox Report Weekend, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis rightly defended the operation and blasted Democratic posturing, telling viewers that Democrats who reflexively denounce brave action are dead wrong. She spoke for millions of patriots who are tired of leadership that prefers press conferences and performative outrage to protecting American lives and securing our hemisphere.
Contrast that with Sen. Chuck Schumer’s reaction, which labeled the mission “reckless” and fixated on procedure rather than the rotten results Maduro produced for his people and for the United States. Schumer’s instinct is typical of a party that values process theater over real-world security; Americans don’t want lectures about authority while drug cartels and hostile regimes export chaos into our cities.
This was never about cheap geopolitics or oil grabs—this was a law-enforcement mission aimed at crippling trafficking networks tied to Maduro and his enablers. The intelligence picture and DOJ indictments against Maduro have long painted him as an enabler of narco-terrorism, and leaders who refuse to acknowledge that reality are failing the country they claim to serve.
Yes, there will be howls from abroad and hand-wringing headlines from the usual choir of international elites, but national security has never been decided by op-eds. When America’s citizens are being harmed by transnational criminals, the first duty of our government is to defend the homeland, not to moralize from the sidelines while enemies plot and ship poison across our borders.
Now is the moment for Congress to stop the political games and back actions that deliver results for ordinary Americans: support law enforcement, fund robust border and interdiction efforts, and hold accountable those who enable tyranny and trafficking. If Democrats like Schumer want to posture for headlines, let them—patriots and realists will keep their eyes on the mission: protecting America, punishing criminals, and restoring liberty to a people long abused by socialist kleptocrats.
