{"id":2532562,"date":"2026-01-11T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-profile-midterm-dem-candidate-urges-americans-to-resist-trumps-takedown-of-brutal-dictator-maduro\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:14:58","slug":"high-profile-midterm-dem-candidate-urges-americans-to-resist-trumps-takedown-of-brutal-dictator-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-profile-midterm-dem-candidate-urges-americans-to-resist-trumps-takedown-of-brutal-dictator-maduro\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Profile Midterm Dem Candidate Urges Americans to Resist Trump&#8217;s Takedown of Brutal Dictator Maduro"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fhigh-profile-midterm-dem-candidate-urges-americans-to-resist-trumps-takedown-of-brutal-dictator-maduro%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=2532562&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>Graham Platner, a Bernie Sanders-backed Maine Democratic Senate candidate and veteran, strongly condemned the Trump administration&#8217;s overnight raid in Caracas that seized Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, calling the operation &#8220;immoral,&#8221; &#8220;illegal,&#8221; and &#8220;gangsterism.&#8221; He urged Americans to protest and to stop further use of force against Venezuela, calling the raid an &#8220;egregious failure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The article notes Platner&#8217;s statements did not acknowledge Maduro&#8217;s record of persecuting opponents or allegations by U.S. prosecutors that he oversaw large-scale cocaine trafficking, nor did he mention the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-laughs-off-ufo-question-following-60-minutes-report\/\" title=\"Biden Laughs Off UFO Question Following &#039;60 Minutes&#039; Report\">military personnel involved<\/a> or the millions of Venezuelans who fled the regime. Crowds of Venezuelan nationals reportedly celebrated Maduro&#8217;s removal.<\/p>\n<p>Platner has faced prior controversy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> in which he described himself as a &#8220;communist,&#8221; suggested violence might be necessary for political change, and removed a chest tattoo that had been criticized as resembling a Nazi symbol.He also criticized Senator Susan Collins for enabling &#8220;illegal foreign wars&#8221; and for voting against a measure to require congressional approval for strikes on Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration characterized the capture as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iceblock-app-makers-sue-trump-officials-over-app-store-ban\/\" title=\"ICEBlock app makers sue Trump officials over app store ban\">law-enforcement action<\/a>,not an act of war,while Collins called Maduro an &#8220;international criminal&#8221; and argued Congress should have been informed beforehand. The story is published with a content-use Disclaimer from the news outlet.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Far-left Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is urging Americans to protest the capture of Venezuelan socialist dictator and alleged narco-terrorist Nicol&aacute;s Maduro, which he characterized as &ldquo;immoral&rdquo; and &ldquo;utterly disgusting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Platner, a Bernie Sanders-backed oyster farmer and veteran running to unseat Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins in November&rsquo;s midterm elections, has emerged as one of the sharpest critics of the Trump administration&rsquo;s overnight raid in Caracas on Saturday that resulted in the seizure of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The Maine Democrat has called on Americans to &ldquo;stop&rdquo; the Trump administration from using additional force against Venezuela and argued the overnight raid was a &ldquo;failure&rdquo; despite no American deaths during the military operation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The government of the United States has illegally invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader,&rdquo; Platner said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grahamformaine\/status\/2007473588069101818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> accompanying a two<span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"59a66057-9f20-0138-96e5-16f99298b2ec\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">-minute video that has racked up half a million views on X. &ldquo;We need to all turn out in opposition to this egregious failure of our government, and stop it.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Platner&rsquo;s video omitted<span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"59a66057-9f20-0138-96e5-16f99298b2ec\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\"> that Maduro was a brutal dictator who persecuted his opponents a<\/span><span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"59a66057-9f20-0138-96e5-16f99298b2ec\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">nd made Venezuela into a safe haven for trafficking drugs throughout Latin America and into the United States. <\/span><span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"59a66057-9f20-0138-96e5-16f99298b2ec\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">Federal prosecutors alleged that Maduro oversaw the shipment of &ldquo;thousands of tons of cocaine to the United States.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Maine Democrat&rsquo;s social media commentary neglected any mention of the U.S. military personnel who carried out the operation. He also did not speak about the approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/winnipeg-venezuela-local-reaction-9.7033138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eight million<\/a> Venezuelans who have fled Venezuela&rsquo;s socialist regime. Crowds of Venezuelan nationals in the United States and across Latin America celebrated Maduro&rsquo;s removal from power Saturday.<\/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>During a protest rally in downtown Portland, Maine, on Saturday afternoon, Platner seethed about the U.S. military&rsquo;s seizure of Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The illegal attack on Venezuela is not foreign policy. It&rsquo;s gangsterism on an international scale,&rdquo; Graham&rsquo;s campaign wrote on the social media platform TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"6aba8887-1533-4446-a4e8-1f4e482c31e2\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">We<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"1229392c-81f5-5ac6-9452-48e4b1e61d16\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">must<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"666ec479-8f83-bfc5-1dea-575f0054cdc3\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">not<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"9d2309dd-3e99-4350-b772-82e20f45e90c\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">be<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"7cd2c9ac-c8fe-e4db-d25e-96d5a2bd2b51\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">fooled<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"db3c3fcf-38f2-82ba-dd5e-a68185846e1b\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">by<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"215b9827-bbad-6ed4-8a07-16e2c53ffa58\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">the<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"b796d386-a448-0aff-bf93-a5a1a4147cf1\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">childish<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"07a166de-d3a5-e668-500a-16b7f33f41c1\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">lies<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"b11a7e5b-4d8f-4356-e81a-43fb84dfd174\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">being<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"815023e5-7039-8a25-2b40-ceb01fa6956f\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">used<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"4a52bb9e-9f26-e5fe-57af-a07bbb500af4\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">to<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"39a3a902-a799-7b72-ca9a-e80f397e0d10\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">justify<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"9cd1f2dd-2cf7-d273-7f8d-361114217e07\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">this<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"8350e1cf-4701-77ef-9db8-a8a0b4e42bcd\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">illegal<\/span> <span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word ng-star-inserted\" data-uuid=\"c38d7672-403f-09a1-17bd-ae3d6a8b1173\" data-highlighted=\"false\" data-playhead=\"false\">aggression,&rdquo; Platner added in his speech.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Platner previously sparked controversy after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unearthed social media posts revealed<\/a> that he previously described himself as a &ldquo;communist&rdquo; and implied that violence is necessary to bring about political change. The Maine Democrat also removed his chest tattoo that appeared to resemble a Nazi symbol after a torrent of media scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The oyster farmer, who served in the Army and Marine Corps with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, also posted messages denigrating the military and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The Maine Democrat slammed Collins for voting against a resolution in November that would have required the Trump administration to seek congressional approval to strike Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From Iraq to Venezuela, you can count on Susan Collins to enable illegal foreign wars,&rdquo; Platner <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grahamformaine\/status\/2007452547724808302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on X Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has insisted that Maduro&rsquo;s capture was simply a law enforcement action and not the start of a war between the United States and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Collins slammed Maduro as an &ldquo;international criminal&rdquo; in a post on X Saturday, though&nbsp;she argued Congress should have been informed about the operation prior to its execution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nicolas Maduro is a narco-terrorist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loses-support-with-hispanic-voters\/\" title=\"Biden Loses Support With Hispanic Voters\">international drug trafficker<\/a> who has been indicted twice in U.S. courts and who should stand trial in this country,&rdquo; Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorCollins\/status\/2007554307961565535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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