4 Jan 2026 1:22 pm
Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Maduro Removal:
“I’ve been to Venezuela a dozen times. My family lived there after I graduated high school. I saw a good and prosperous Venezuela. After 25 years of socialist rule the country slowly decayed into a **** hole and became an ally of all of our enemies.
And we ignored it.
Until President Donald J. Trump.
Maduro is a tyrant, a murderer, a drug trafficker, a sponsor of terrorism, and an illegitimate President who stole the election in front of the whole world.
This is our hemisphere and we’ve ignored it for far too long. President Trump understands what “peace through strength” actually means. He understands the “strength” part while others just chant the slogan.
To the critics who will whine about the legality: tell me where you were when President Obama took out Qaddafi in Libya. The simple truth is that these strikes are within the President’s power.
Lastly, I will tell you what the vast majority of Venezuelans who have escaped tell me: please take out Maduro so Venezuelans can have Venezuela back.
For the people who truly know Venezuela, this is liberation not aggression.
President Trump has shown incredible courage in his first year back in office. This move is righteous and long overdue. Let the Venezuelan people take it from here. I believe they will.”
“I’ve been to Venezuela a dozen times. My family lived there after I graduated high school. I saw a good and prosperous Venezuela. After 25 years of socialist rule the country slowly decayed into a **** hole and became an ally of all of our enemies.
And we ignored it.
Until President Donald J. Trump.
Maduro is a tyrant, a murderer, a drug trafficker, a sponsor of terrorism, and an illegitimate President who stole the election in front of the whole world.
This is our hemisphere and we’ve ignored it for far too long. President Trump understands what “peace through strength” actually means. He understands the “strength” part while others just chant the slogan.
To the critics who will whine about the legality: tell me where you were when President Obama took out Qaddafi in Libya. The simple truth is that these strikes are within the President’s power.
Lastly, I will tell you what the vast majority of Venezuelans who have escaped tell me: please take out Maduro so Venezuelans can have Venezuela back.
For the people who truly know Venezuela, this is liberation not aggression.
President Trump has shown incredible courage in his first year back in office. This move is righteous and long overdue. Let the Venezuelan people take it from here. I believe they will.”