by Brianna Lyman at the Federalist
Many of the Democrats condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to arrest Nicolas Mauduro over the weekend once complained that the president wasn’t tough enough on the Venezuelan dictator.
On Saturday, Trump announced that U.S forces had captured Maduro and his wife on charges of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and conspiracy to import cocaine. The furious reaction from Democrats was immediate (and so was the hypocrisy).
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was among the loudest critics, with Murphy posting on X: “The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S.. This is about making Trump’s oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump’s foreign policy – the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela – is fundamentally corrupt.”
“Every dictatorship is not a ‘legitimate government.’ That does not give you or any president the constitutional power to invade the country without the consent of Congress and the people,” Murphy posted in a separate X post.
Of course Murphy’s anger was nonexistent just seven years ago,…
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