Axios: “Some Democrats are grumbling at their party’s largely oppositional stance to President Trump’s raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying privately that their colleagues should be celebrating.”“These lawmakers argue it could be a major political miscalculation if the party fails to applaud the downfall of a brutal dictator with sufficient volume, even given grave concerns about the operation’s legality and longer-term ramifications.”Dan Pfeiffer: “Once again, Democrats are overcomplicating the simple—and therefore missing one of the easier layups in recent political history.”

Source: Washington Post January 06, 2026 16:19 UTC