NYC Mayor Rips Kamala Harris Over Maduro

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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams exposes Kamala Harris’s blatant hypocrisy by shredding her criticism of President Trump’s successful capture of Venezuelan drug lord Nicolas Maduro—the same dictator her administration targeted with a $25 million bounty.

Story Highlights

Trump’s military operation captured Maduro in Caracas with zero U.S. casualties, delivering him to New York for narcoterrorism trial.
Harris condemned the mission as unlawful regime change driven by oil and ego, ignoring her own administration’s bounty on Maduro.
Adams calls Harris’s stance “cynical and irresponsible,” prioritizing American lives lost to Maduro’s fentanyl over politics.
Adams invokes tragic death of 2-year-old Bronx boy from fentanyl, linking Maduro directly to U.S. opioid crisis.

Timeline of the Operation and Backlash

U.S. forces executed a precise two-hour operation in Caracas on January 4, 2026, capturing Nicolas Maduro without American casualties. Strikes hit four sites in the middle of the night. Maduro now faces narcoterrorism, drug, and weapons charges in New York’s Southern District court. President Trump had raised the bounty to $50 million beforehand. This decisive action ends years of Maduro’s brutal rule and drug trafficking into America.

JUST IN: Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams SHREDS Kamala Harris for 'Cynical and Irresponsible' Response to Maduro's Arrest – 'Welcome to New York, Nicolas' https://t.co/J0vooGcXWN #gatewaypundit via @gatewaypundit

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Harris’s Cynical Flip-Flop Exposed

Kamala Harris issued a statement that evening attacking the operation as a violation of international law and regime change pursuit. She claimed it served Trump’s ego and oil interests, not Americans. This ignores her Biden-Harris administration’s January 10, 2025, decision to hike the bounty on Maduro—the “narco-dictator”—from Trump’s initial $15 million to $25 million. Such inconsistency undermines public safety priorities.

Adams, a Democrat focused on street-level realities, refused to play partisan games. His response highlights how Maduro’s narcotics have killed thousands of Americans, fueling the fentanyl epidemic devastating families nationwide. This common-sense stance resonates with conservatives tired of elite hypocrisy.

Adams Delivers Justice Message

Eric Adams blasted Harris on social media Sunday morning, labeling her response “cynical and irresponsible.” He welcomed Maduro to New York with “Welcome to New York, Nicolas,” emphasizing accountability. Adams tied it to the heartbreaking 2023 death of 2-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici, poisoned by fentanyl at a Bronx daycare. Maduro’s regime facilitated drugs killing our children—Adams demands results over rhetoric.

Even as former mayor, Adams breaks ranks with leftist orthodoxy. His advocacy spotlights real victims of open-border policies and foreign narco-threats that prior administrations failed to stop. Trump’s success proves strong leadership secures borders and justice.

Divisions Within Democrats Emerge

Current NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani echoed Harris, decrying the operation as illegal regime change. This reveals deepening Democratic fractures on foreign policy and intervention. Adams prioritizes protecting American communities from drug floods, while others cling to abstract international concerns. Such splits weaken leftist unity against Trump’s effective America First agenda.

The operation sets a precedent: decisive action against threats flooding our streets with poison. With Maduro in custody, trials will expose his crimes further. Families ravaged by fentanyl gain hope, validating Trump’s commitment to sovereignty and safety over globalist hand-wringing.