Former Vice President Kamala Harris issued a statement reacting to the near-flawless operation that resulted in the capture of socialist strongman Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. To no one’s surprise, Harris chose condemnation over celebration—blasting Donald Trump’s actions and parroting the familiar line from left-wing agitators that the arrest was somehow “illegal.”
Harris posted her thoughts to X late Saturday, which included the familiar left-wing 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, though obviously having a narco-terrorist dictator from our hemisphere now in custody undoubtedly does make us safer – and not to mention showcasing the capabilities of our government and kick-butt military.
“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.
That Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise. We’ve seen this movie before. Wars for regime change or oil that…
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 4, 2026
Harris went on to claim that Trump had somehow put U.S. troops at risk—even though the operation resulted in zero American casualties—and alleged there was no exit plan following Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
That criticism is especially rich coming from her after she spent years defending the Biden-Harris administration’s catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal. That fiasco—marked by the absence of a coherent plan—left 13 U.S. service members dead and dozens more wounded. Lectures about troop safety and exit strategies ring hollow from an official who helped preside over one of the worst foreign-policy failures in modern American history.
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Thank goodness she isn’t 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 sanctimonious talking point she just trotted out.
And beyond the vapid outrage, Kamala has a rather inconvenient problem from her own record to deal with. While Kamala Harris is busy condemning Trump for capturing Maduro, it was Joe Biden—her boss—who, in one of his final acts in office, slapped a $25 million bounty on Maduro’s head for information leading to his arrest (or his autopen – you decide).
The Biden-Harris administration made available a $25,000,000 reward for information that would have lead to the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.
Now you're saying capturing him was unlawful? Did you just entirely forget your administration's policy? pic.twitter.com/fbXSDzPZ68
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) January 4, 2026
Kamala’s rush to condemn Trump’s decisive, zero-casualty capture of Maduro perfectly encapsulates her stunning hypocrisy. It also serves as a timely reminder of what strong leadership looks like—leadership that delivers tangible results in the real world.
Harris would have been the exact opposite of that. Where Trump acted, she lectures. Where Trump produced outcomes, she offers talking points. Where Trump protected American lives, she defaults to partisan outrage.
In the end, Kamala’s meltdown says far more about her than it does about Trump. It underscores precisely why voters rejected her—and why Trump’s America-first approach keeps producing wins she never could.
