{"id":2529993,"date":"2026-01-05T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-rushes-to-make-sure-trump-can-never-pull-off-another-operation-like-maduros-capture-ever-again\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:07:00","slug":"schumer-rushes-to-make-sure-trump-can-never-pull-off-another-operation-like-maduros-capture-ever-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-rushes-to-make-sure-trump-can-never-pull-off-another-operation-like-maduros-capture-ever-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Rushes to Make Sure Trump Can Never Pull Off Another Operation Like Maduro&#8217;s Capture Ever Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschumer-rushes-to-make-sure-trump-can-never-pull-off-another-operation-like-maduros-capture-ever-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Minority Leader chuck Schumer told ABC&#8217;s this Week he will introduce a War Powers Act resolution to block further U.S. military operations in Venezuela after President Trump announced on Truth Social that Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife had been arrested in an operation protected by U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of ... Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">military forces<\/a>. Schumer called the operation &#8220;lawlessness,&#8221; said the administration lacked authority to carry it out without Congress, and accused it of bombing civilian and military sites. Critics on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social platforms demanded impeachment<\/a>, and congressional Democrats labeled the action an illegal war. Schumer said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-will-press-motion-to-remove-ilhan-omar-from-committee-as-dems-try-to-head-off-civil-war-over-crimes-against-humanity-comments\/\" title=\"House GOP Will Press Motion To Remove Ilhan Omar From Committee As Dems Try To Head Off Civil War Over \u2018Crimes Against Humanity\u2019 Comments\">privileged resolution<\/a>-sponsored by him, Tim kaine and Rand Paul-will come to the floor this week to prevent further U.S. action in Venezuela without congressional approval, a stance he contrasted with earlier criticisms of Trump&#8217;s Venezuela policy in 2020.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told &ldquo;This Week&rdquo; host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that he would introduce a War Powers Act resolution to prevent further military operations against Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced in a Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115830428767897167\">post<\/a> on  that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were arrested in Caracas by a law enforcement operation protected by American military forces. Schumer called the operation &ldquo;lawlessness&rdquo; and said Congress needed to act.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people this morning, George, are scratching their heads in wonderment and in fear of what the president&rsquo;s proposed,&rdquo; Schumer claimed. &ldquo;The United States will run Venezuela. We have learned though the years, when America tries to regime change and nation-building in this way, the American people pay the price, in both blood and in dollars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schumer also claimed the Trump administration didn&rsquo;t have the authority to carry out the mission. Trump declared during a Saturday news conference on the operation which captured Maduro that the United States was &ldquo;running&rdquo; Venezuela, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-big-here-we-go-pentagon-halts-biden-transition-defense-briefings-biden-team-unaware-of-directive\/\" title=\"BREAKING BIG: Here We Go \u2014 Pentagon Halts Biden Transition Defense Briefings \u2014 Biden Team Unaware of Directive\">senior administration officials<\/a>, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, would be in charge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They did not just do ships off the water,&rdquo; Schumer said. &ldquo;They went inside Venezuela, bombed civilian as well as military places, and it&rsquo;s a violation of the law to do what they did without getting the authorization of Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Some prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/deanobeidallah.bsky.social\/post\/3mbjn4dgqzc2f\">critics<\/a>, including podcasters Keith Olbermann and Dean Obeidallah, took to BlueSky to <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/johnpavlovitz.bsky.social\/post\/3mbjjwejghc2y\">demand<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/olbermann.bsky.social\/post\/3mbjkamtxgs22\">impeachment<\/a> over the operation. Congressional Democrats decried the operation as an illegal war in the wake of the operation, with Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5671268-trump-schumer-venezuela-maduro\/\">accusing<\/a> Trump administration officials of misleading the American people and Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What can the Congress do about it is the next question,&rdquo; Stephanopoulos said, with Schumer responding, &ldquo;The next question is very simple, and that is that we have the War Powers Act. That&rsquo;s a privileged resolution, which means the Republicans can&rsquo;t block it. Tim Kaine and I and Rand Paul are sponsors of it. It&rsquo;s gonna come to the floor this week, and if it is voted for positively in both houses, then the president can&rsquo;t do another thing in Venezuela without the okay of the Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schumer took a very different tone on Trump in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mazemoore\/status\/2007868827355484611?s=20\">attacking<\/a> him for failing to remove the Venezuelan dictator, who was initially indicted in March of that year on drug trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President brags about his Venezuela policy? Give us a break. 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