FAFO Venezuela! Maduro Captured as Liberals Side with the Narcos

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Political Hypocrisy
- Chuck Schumer in 2020 criticized Trump for failing to remove Maduro, juxtaposed with Schumer’s 2026 opposition to Trump’s military action.
- The narrative portrays Democrats and mainstream media as inconsistent and politically motivated.
Operation Details
- The capture is described as a highly complex and daring mission: landing helicopters on Venezuela’s largest military base, arresting Maduro and his wife without U.S. casualties, and extracting them swiftly.
- Marco Rubio is quoted defending the operation’s scope and explaining why additional targets were not pursued simultaneously.
Geopolitical Importance of Venezuela
- The commentary emphasizes Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, gold, and rare earth minerals, arguing these resources make the country strategically critical.
- References to Russia, China, and Cuba’s involvement underscore the claim that foreign powers sought influence in Venezuela for proximity to the U.S. and resource access.
Communism and State Failure
- Maduro’s regime is portrayed as a narco-terrorist organization, not a legitimate government, indicted for drug trafficking and causing mass deaths in the U.S.
- Venezuela’s economic collapse despite immense resources as evidence of communism’s failure.
Media and Cultural References
- From the TV series Jack Ryan illustrates Venezuela’s strategic threat and resource wealth.
- It draws parallels to historical events like the Cuban Missile Crisis to justify the urgency of U.S. action.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.2	I tell you what, you really can't make it up.
0:07.8	The Democrats response to President Donald Trump taking out a dictator that they said he should take out in 2020, but now they're angry that Donald Trump actually did it in 2026.
0:23.1	Welcome.
0:24.0	It is so nice to have you with us on the show.
0:26.1	And let me just go back to 2020 when Chuck Schumer was on the floor of the Senate criticizing Trump for not bringing in to the Maduro regime. The same regime that they're
0:40.9	now angry that Donald Trump has ended. Chuck Schumer sang this in 2020 from the floor of the
0:49.0	United States Senate. She brags about all these things he wants to do or is doing, but his actions belie his words.
0:57.3	Maybe the best metaphor was his claim to bring democracy to Venezuela.
1:04.1	There was a big policy there.
1:06.1	It flopped.
1:07.4	If the policy was working, Juan Guido wouldn't be in the balcony here. He'd be in Venezuela.
1:13.9	He'd be sitting in the president's palace, or at least waging a fight to win. He's here.
1:20.8	And the president brags about his Venezuela policy? Give us a break. He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime. The Maduro regime is more
1:30.3	powerful today and more entrenched today than it was when the president began. So there's Chuck
1:35.8	Schumer back in 2020. And for every angry liberal out there, what changed? I thought you guys were
1:42.9	angry with Donald Trump for another reason.
1:45.4	The media, by the way, also furious that like no American troops were killed, that we captured Maduro and his wife, that we were able to do something that no other country in the face of Earth could even possibly pull off.
1:58.0	And Marco Rubio out there taking all of the hits on TV. He was on Face the Nation.
2:05.0	Margaret Brennan, she was angry, demanding answers over why the U.S. didn't do more because apparently
2:11.3	taking out Maduro's not enough. Bringing Maduro to America to face justice, not enough.
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