Overview
- In posts on X, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warned that the Venezuela operation reflects the foreign interventions many in MAGA believed they voted to end.
- She argued Mexican cartels drive most U.S. fentanyl deaths and questioned why they were not targeted if the goal is saving American lives.
- Greene suggested the push against Nicolás Maduro is about Venezuelan oil and pointed to President Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández to challenge the stated priorities.
- Trump has said he authorized CIA operations in Venezuela, including the capture of Maduro, citing drugs and migration-related claims to justify the campaign.
- Greene leaves Congress on January 5, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said some Republicans have privately told him they are troubled by the operation.