Kamala Harris issued a statement in response to the nearly flawless operation that led to the capture of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. To nobody's surprise, she condemned President Trump's actions and echoed leftist agitators' sentiments that the strongman's capture was illegal.
Harris posted her thoughts to X late Saturday. They included the oft-used trope that 'Maduro is a bad guy ... but here's why he should have been allowed to roam free.'
"Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable," she said, despite the fact that the Maduro takedown undoubtedly makes America safer, while the operation demonstrated our nation's clear strength.
"That Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise," the former vice president continued. "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."
"The American people do not want this, and they are tired of being lied to."
Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 4, 2026
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Harris went on to suggest that Trump had put troops at risk (the operation led to zero U.S. troop losses) and has no exit plan following Maduro's capture.
Which is rich. The low-I.Q. Wine Mom who defended the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which infamously resulted in the death of 13 U.S. service members and wounded dozens more, specifically because the Biden-Harris administration had no coherent plan, has some thoughts on troop risks and exit strategy.
Thank goodness this woman is not sitting in the White House right now.
"America needs leadership whose priorities are lowering costs for working families, enforcing the rule of law, strengthening alliances, and — most importantly — putting the American people first," she concluded.
Harris, of course, was part of an administration that did the exact opposite of every talking point in that last sentence.
Aside from the vapid response, Kamala has a slight issue in the previous administration to contend with. While she's out here condemning Trump for capturing Maduro, it was former President Biden who, in one of his last moves in office, announced a $25 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of Maduro.
The Biden-Harris administration made available a $25,000,000 reward for information that would have lead to the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) January 4, 2026
Now you're saying capturing him was unlawful? Did you just entirely forget your administration's policy? pic.twitter.com/fbXSDzPZ68
Kamala's rush to condemn President Trump's decisive, zero-casualty capture of Nicolás Maduro exposes her stunning hypocrisy. But it also serves as a handy reminder that America has strong leadership delivering real-world results.
Harris would have been the antithesis of that.
In the end, Kamala's partisan meltdown only underscores why voters rejected her—and why Trump's America-first strength is delivering wins she never could.
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