The politics of the Congress are NOT much different than they where right before the Venezuela President got snatched up by the American military and brought to a Brooklyn N.Y. Jail…..
Democrats , on their own?
Do NOT have the votes to impeach/remove President Trump from office….
The 25th Amendment needs the Trump Cabinet invoke , and THAT ain’t happening….
So?
What does Democrats to do to stop what they see as ‘Run Away’ President and Defense Sec.?
Amid Democrats’ fury over the Trump administration’s unilateral strike on Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro, some lawmakers went so far as to call for President Trump’s removal from office.
Why it matters: The Venezuela strike has escalated already-boiling tensions between Trump and congressional Democrats, who are furious about Congress being left in the dark.
- “I had absolutely no briefing or heads up,” House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.) fumed to Axios. “I received all information from the news media at this point.”
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), in a joint statement, demanded briefings for their members “early next week.”
Driving the news: U.S. forces extradited Maduro and his wife to the U.S.in an operation early Saturday morning that involved airstrikes on several military sites in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
- The Venezuelan president and first lady are facing federal drug and firearms charges and “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- Trump said in a Saturday morning press conference that the U.S. is “going to run” Venezuela until a “proper transition can take place.”
- He said the U.S. will also spend billions rebuilding the country’s dilapidated oil infrastructure and that “we’re not afraid of boots on the ground.”
What they’re saying: While Democratic leaders largely channeled their outrage into demands for information, some lawmakers went further in their condemnations.
- “Trump must be impeached,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) in a statement, also calling for the passage of legislation to rein in executive war powers and reassert congressional control over the process.
- Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) called Trump’s plan to run Venezuela “truly insane” and a “disaster.” Referring to a Constitutional mechanism that allows the Cabinet to remove a president, he told Axios: “We are in 25th Amendment territory now.”
- “The President has lost his mind,” Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.) told Axios in a text message.
Zoom out: While Democrats spent 2025 largely dismissing rogue effortsto impeach Trump, the idea has gradually gained momentum within the party amid grassroots demands that lawmakers adopt more brute-force tactics.
- The Venezuela operation appeared to add even more fuel to those sentiments.
- “Today, many Democrats have understandably questioned whether impeachment is possible again under the current political reality,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). “I am reconsidering that view.”
- Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said in a statement: “This violation of the United States Constitution is an impeachable offense.”
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Between the lines: While political sanctions against Trump are highly unlikely, congressional opponents of further action in Venezuela do have some mechanisms to constrain the administration.
- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said in a statement that his bipartisan Venezuela war powers resolution “will come up for a vote [in the Senate] early next week.”
- Congress is also negotiating government spending ahead of a Jan. 30 federal funding deadline, giving lawmakers an opportunity to block funds for intervention in Venezuela….
Note…
Above consesices?
NOT a Damn Thing except complain…..
Good to see Republicans back as neocon nation builders. Only now under Trump who doesn’t even pretend to care about building public support for his military adventures.
The whole peace loving non interventionalist look was one they couldn’t pull off in rhe end.
May I add that I do NOT see GOPer’s getting excited about their leader talking about starting his own American grabbing countries like his guy Vadimer
One of the guys hero’s is William McKinley
Trump’s hero? I do not think he could name one thing about McKinley other than tariffs, but do not see the relevance of this mention here.
While there is an isolationist wing, I see most Republicans very excited about it, even those who would have been greatly opposed to it, until Trump does it. People online who have been saying “no foreign actions, focus on the homeland for years” are now saying “The Monroe Doctrine means we should be doing this.” No principle beyond a cultish devotion to Trump.
Their default position is “Trump is just so cool” and “look at how he is owning the libs” and that justifies everything. They genuinely believe that Trump is immensely popular among Americans.
People who dislike Trump think it is horrible of course. They may raise some very valid concerns, especially about what comes next, but these same people were largely accepting of anything Obama or Biden did regarding the the military and supported them as a matter of partisan faith.
In the grand scheme of things, I do not see the action in Venezuela moving the needle much in the short term for Trump one way or another.
I don’t want to be too cynical or dismissive about this in its own right, but its timing happens to be unbelievably, incredibly helpful to Trump in moving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, the rise in ACA premiums and tomorrow’s fifth anniversary of Jan. 6th, 2021 off the headlines, broadcast and on-line leads and people’s attention.
No cynicism.
You’re dealing here with a coven of liars, cheats and thieves.
Nothing is beyond them….
Nothing.
My thoughts on timing also DSD….
CG…….
….McKinley successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War and oversaw a period of American expansionism, with the annexations of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa……
Wiki…..
Indeed Jack….
YES INDEED…..