Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) was left stammering during a Fox News appearance after host Jaqui Heinrich called him out on the Democrats’ failure to hold Venezuela accountable during the Biden years.
The Biden regime offered a $25 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest, but did nothing during its four years in office.
Trump on Saturday sent the military into Venezuela guns a blazing, and Maduro is now in a New York prison after a roughly two-hour-long operation to capture him. No American military members were killed in the daring, middle-of-the-night operation.
After Maduro’s arrest in Caracas, Trump posted the following video of the strikes, which targeted at least four sites around Caracas, Venezuela. No US troops were killed in the operation.
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And now the Democrats are furious, claiming that the operation was illegal and required congressional approval.
Kaine on Sunday attempted to lecture Heinrich on how Trump pushed allies away from supporting the US, and it’s not the Democrats’ fault that Biden couldn’t enforce sanctions, trade restrictions, and embargoes, or seize vessels. But she fired back, questioning why he’s blaming allies and Trump when the Democrats let everyone take advantage of America.
Kaine then became flustered, again blaming Republicans before he gave a word salad answer about Virginia being a pro-military state that is tired of “endless wars.”
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Heinrich: I think a lot of Republicans would dispute the notion that this was an invasion at all. But moreover, if Democrats cared so much about process, why didn’t they do anything to bring Maduro to justice when they were in charge, when the guy’s been under indictment since 2020?
Kaine: There have been sanctions placed against Venezuela, and I’ll admit, the sanctions have not been as effective as they might have been. And you know why, Jaqui? Because many other nations wouldn’t join us in the sanctions, even though they’ve joined us in sanctions against other nations. And why wouldn’t they? They didn’t like the president, President Trump, in his first term, threatening military action against Venezuela, and that caused them to back off support for sanctions.
So, sanctions and going into international forums, and trade restrictions, and embargoes, and seizing vessels that are pursuant to sanction with a court order, these are things that can work. It’s a lot better if you have your allies with us. What we’ve done now is push our allies away, and we’ve opened up—
Heinrich: So, it’s the allies’ fault that this didn’t work? I mean, I think, the point I’m getting to is, don’t you think that America’s adversaries take note when all Democrats can muster is a joint statement or a press conference or some sanctions that are, you know, loose, and take advantage of that, and that’s why the administration is in a position to do this now?
Kaine: If you think it’s right for a president, just on his own say so, willy nilly, to wage war against anybody, I guess that’s an opinion. But why haven’t Republicans brought forth a military authorization? Why are they ducking votes on whether this is a wise strategy?
Heinrich: Would you vote for that?
Kaine: I’d vote against it. I think another war that Virginia, which is a very pro-military state, and I’m the father of a Marine, Virginians are tired of endless wars, and we don’t want to engage in military action that’s unnecessary.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier said in an interview that Congressional approval was unnecessary for the operation because it was “not an invasion” and “not an extended military operation.”
When NBC host Kristen Welker foolishly asked if the United States is “at war” with the leaderless nation of Venezuela, Rubio schooled her, explaining that there is no war. The United States is simply enforcing the law with oil tanker seizures, drug boat strikes, and the apprehension of Nicolas Maduro, a wanted fugitive.
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As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blew up on Trump for his Venezuela policy and announced that he plans to introduce a war powers resolution, along with Senators Kaine and Rand Paul (R-KY), to restrict Trump’s powers against Venezuela.
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