Adams Sides With Trump–Stuns Democrats

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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams stunned Democrats by torching Kamala Harris’s attack on Maduro’s arrest, exposing a glaring hypocrisy that could fracture the party for years—what drove a Democrat to side with Trump on this?

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Eric Adams blasted Harris’s criticism of Trump’s military capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro as “cynical and irresponsible.”
Biden-Harris placed a $25 million bounty on Maduro in January 2025, yet Harris decried the successful arrest.
Adams highlighted a Bronx toddler’s fentanyl death linked to Maduro’s drug trafficking, prioritizing American lives over politics.
U.S. forces nabbed Maduro in a flawless two-hour Caracas raid with zero casualties; he now faces trial in New York.
The feud reveals Democratic rifts on foreign policy, public safety, and intervention.

Timeline of Maduro’s Fall and Political Firestorm

U.S. military forces executed a midnight raid on January 4, 2026, in Caracas, Venezuela. Special operators struck four sites, capturing Nicolas Maduro after a two-hour operation. No American casualties occurred. Trump had raised the bounty to $50 million prior. Maduro now sits in New York custody, awaiting narcoterrorism charges in Southern District court.

Kamala Harris fired back that evening. She condemned the action as unlawful regime change driven by oil interests and Trump’s strongman impulses. Harris questioned benefits to Americans, citing international law breaches.

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Eric Adams struck Sunday morning via social media. The former mayor called Harris’s stance hypocritical. He noted Biden-Harris’s $25 million bounty from January 10, 2025, after Trump’s initial $15 million offer. Adams demanded consistency against the narco-dictator.

Adams Centers Debate on Fentanyl Deaths in New York

Adams invoked Nicholas Feliz Dominici, a two-year-old who died in a Bronx daycare from fentanyl in September 2023. Maduro’s regime fueled the flow of deadly drugs killing thousands of Americans. Adams wrote, “Welcome to New York, Nicolas,” tying Maduro’s crimes directly to U.S. streets.

This framing resonates with common sense priorities. American conservative values demand protecting citizens from foreign threats like drug cartels. Harris’s pivot ignores her administration’s own bounty, weakening the public safety argument. Facts align with Adams: inaction costs lives.

Current NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani echoed Harris, decrying the raid as illegal regime change. Yet Adams, a Democrat with street-level experience, broke ranks. His voice carries weight from years battling urban crime waves.

Hypocrisy Exposed in Bounty and Backlash

Biden-Harris labeled Maduro a brutal illegitimate dictator and narco-terrorist. They escalated the bounty amid Venezuela’s drug ties to U.S. opioid crises. Trump’s team delivered results Harris now rejects. This flip-flop undermines credibility on national security.

Adams’s critique holds because evidence supports it. Maduro’s government shipped fentanyl precursors north, devastating communities. Opposing his capture after funding his pursuit defies logic and betrays families like Nicholas’s. Partisan gamesmanship fails against hard facts.

The clash signals deeper Democratic divides. Dovish voices like Harris prioritize global norms; pragmatists like Adams demand action on tangible threats. This tension shapes future policy debates.

Implications for U.S. Policy and Party Unity

Maduro’s New York trial will spotlight Venezuelan drug networks. Successful prosecution could deter traffickers, bolstering border security. Short-term, it exposes intervention’s effectiveness when prior talk fails.

Long-term, the raid sets precedent for targeting adversaries abroad. Democratic infighting weakens opposition to assertive foreign policy. Adams’s stance validates Trump’s approach through a Democrat’s lens, challenging party orthodoxy.

Public safety trumps abstract concerns. Venezuelan opposition may gain ground sans Maduro, but U.S. focus remains domestic: ending fentanyl deaths. Adams reminds all: politics stops at American gravesides.