With the successful January 3, 2026 capture of Venezuelan despot Nicolas Maduro by American special forces, a horrific chapter in the history of that nation comes to a dramatic close. Having once been a shining beacon of freedom and prosperity in South America, Venezuela was plunged into the hellish abyss of Communist oppression and squalor by dictators Maduro and Hugo Chavez before him.
Plummeting from the third largest economy in the Western Hemisphere only a few decades ago, a once thriving Venezuela bears the scars and brokenness of Marxism on its battered citizens. Worse yet, Maduro has recently been intent on exporting his abominable agenda to neighboring countries, and even to the United States, which has suffered from the influx of murderous gang members and a steady stream of Fentanyl.
That alone has cost the lives of more than 80,000 Americans in 2024 (the most recent year for which stats are available). Add to this the actual crimes, trafficking and other atrocities committed against Americans within our own homeland at the hands of illegal Venezuelan "immigrants" (invaders), and it becomes inescapable that the Maduro regime easily exceeds any standard to be regarded as a hostile foreign combatant.
Yet overnight everything changed! A bold military strike, at the direction of President Trump, summarily removed the evil dictator, opening the doors to a rebirth of freedom, justice, and the prospect of a flourishing economy for the beleaguered Venezuela. Clearly this is a stupendous "Win/Win" for every decent person living there, and no less for Americans who hold hope for a safer and better future in our own Homeland. Genuine, spontaneous celebrations of joy and optimism are breaking out worldwide, but especially in Venezuela itself!
So of course American leftists are thoroughly outraged. In just the last 36 hours, the leftist propaganda machine has kicked into high gear, spewing every manner of condemnation at President Trump for the move, chanted by rented mobs on the streets of every blue urban zone across the Country. On one spurious premise after another, leftists/Democrats are grandstanding with an intensity and duplicity that has become so predictable among their kind. From their perspective (were it to be believed), we're not only witnessing the end of Venezuelan "Utopia," but also of America itself.
Once again, leftist "moralizing" on this matter is thoroughly selective and situational, meaning that it is thoroughly hypocritical. For starters, accusations of America engaging in "regime change" are a far stretch, when the reality is that America simply took out a hostile foreign combatant who has been waging a proxy war that has spilled American blood on our own streets. Per General Michael Flynn "Maduro was a 'dictator,' and not a duly elected President. This wasn’t a 'regime change.' This was the removal of an indicted narco-terrorist cartel leader." And it cannot be overstated that the bulk of Maduro's despicable efforts were directed at his biggest drug "cash cow," the United States of America.
Despite all of this, the single greatest attack over which Americans should be most outraged is the complicity of Venezuela in the rigging and theft of American elections! It stands to reason that leftists will be silent on this issue, at least for the moment. In their world, electronic vote manipulations rank right up there with every other form of ballot stuffing, non-citizens pulling the levers (and multiple times), opposition to proper voter ID, and the rest of their onslaught to supplant legitimate government of, by, and for the people. Leftists know they cannot win without such cheating. If the books in Venezuela are now properly opened, and the actual extent of their vote tampering becomes public knowledge, the Democrat Party in America faces a backlash that will make Maduro's fate seem tame in comparison.
Of course they cannot rebut the removal of Maduro on this basis. So they are forced once again to bob and weave, clawing their way onto their phony "moral high ground" under every absurd premise, given with an air of "virtue" that reeks of shamelessness! Suddenly, we are pummeled with grandstanding and sanctimony on "The Constitution and the rule of law," from the same leftists who were fine with J6 protesters being thrown in jail and left to rot away there, absent any due process.
The same people who were blissfully happy to see Obama give both the "go ahead" and the funding to Iran to produce nukes, are now horror struck that an American President might interfere in the policies and governing of another country. In short, if it aids and abets America's enemies, leftists are all for it.
But if a genuine, pro-America President like Donald Trump fights hard for the future of his Country and yours, the political opposition descends into rage and tantrums. And if you think any lie is beneath them, just consider the sheer brazenness of their "Nothing to see here!!" responses to the massive theft of American tax dollars by Minnesota Somalis, in collaboration with their Democrat co-conspirators.
Americans are wise to ignore the deflections and empty sanctimony, and focus on which side is cheering for a better future for our Nation, as opposed to those who seek to drag us down that dark path that the Venezuelan people are now rejoicing to have finally escaped.
Christopher G. Adamo is a lifelong conservative from the American Heartland. He has been involved in grassroots and state-level politics for many years, seeking to restore and uphold the Judeo-Christian principles on which our Nation was founded. He is author of the book, "Rules for Defeating Radicals," the "Go To" guide for effectively confronting and overcoming the dirty tricks of the political left. It is available at Amazon.