MTG Turns on Trump Over Venezuela Raid: “Boy Were We Wrong”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly broke with President Donald Trump following the U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, sharply questioning whether the action contradicts promises to end foreign intervention and target drug trafficking consistently.
In a statement posted from her official account, Greene criticized the Trump administration’s justification for the operation, which Trump has framed as a strike against narco-terrorism and transnational drug networks. Greene argued that if stopping drug trafficking were truly the priority, the administration’s actions reflected a double standard.
“If prosecuting narco-terrorists is a high priority,” Greene wrote, “then why did President Trump pardon the former Honduran president who was convicted and sentenced to 45 years for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into America?”
Greene was referring to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in U.S. federal court on drug trafficking charges. Greene contrasted that case with Maduro, who has long been accused by U.S. officials of overseeing cocaine trafficking linked to Venezuelan state institutions.
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“This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end,” Greene added. “Boy were we wrong.”
Her comments mark a notable departure from Trump’s aggressive response to Venezuela and place Greene among a small minority of Republicans openly criticizing the administration’s use of military force following the operation. Most GOP leaders have praised the strike, calling it a decisive blow against drug trafficking and hostile foreign actors.
Greene’s remarks also reflect a broader shift in her rhetoric. While she previously labeled Maduro a dictator and supported tougher stances against Venezuela, she has recently adopted a more explicitly anti-interventionist position, saying she opposes regime-change wars and prolonged U.S. military involvement abroad.
Reaction online was swift and polarized. Anti-war activists and some populist commentators praised Greene for challenging U.S. intervention, while pro-Trump voices accused her of undermining efforts to combat narco-terrorism and foreign threats.
Greene is set to leave Congress in early January following a public break with Trump allies and Republican leadership, making her comments one of her final high-profile clashes within the party as tensions deepen between isolationist and interventionist factions.
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