{"id":8920,"date":"2026-01-05T18:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/01\/05\/lawmakers-rip-biden-after-trump-maduro-taunt-resurfaces-call-it-baseless-and-politically-charged-fox-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:14:15","slug":"lawmakers-rip-biden-after-trump-maduro-taunt-resurfaces-call-it-baseless-and-politically-charged-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/01\/05\/lawmakers-rip-biden-after-trump-maduro-taunt-resurfaces-call-it-baseless-and-politically-charged-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers rip Biden after Trump-Maduro taunt resurfaces \u2013 call it baseless and politically charged – Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While many Democrats erupted at President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s decision to arrest Venezuelan dictator<\/a> Nicol\u00e1s Maduro on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, one particular prior taunt from former President Joe Biden<\/a> resurfaced Sunday and promptly got ratioed.<\/p>\n

Responding to an Axios report<\/a> on June 21, 2020, that Trump would consider meeting with Maduro after the despot ignored the disputed election versus opposition leader Juan Guaid\u00f3, Biden said, “Trump talks tough on Venezuela, but admires thugs and dictators like Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.”<\/p>\n

“As President, I will stand with the Venezuelan people and for democracy,” Biden added.<\/p>\n

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO\u2019S NARCO CASE ECHOES US HISTORY OF TARGETING ALLEGED FOREIGN DRUG KINGPINS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Soon after the weekend operation at Miraflores \u2013 the Venezuelan dictator\u2019s official residence \u2013 conservatives and at least one left-leaning political activist highlighted how, in the words of several civilian respondents, the comment “aged like milk.”<\/p>\n

“Whoops,” remarked Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who is also running for the Yellowhammer State\u2019s governorship this year.<\/p>\n

“And now, every Democrat is denouncing an operation to execute a federal warrant while we slept,” Tuberville said.<\/p>\n

RUBIO DEFENDS VENEZUELA OPERATION AFTER NBC QUESTIONS LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR MADURO CAPTURE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Venezuelan dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, right, talks with Vice President Joe Biden during the inauguration of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil.<\/span> (IMAGO\/Xinhua via Alamy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Auburn football legend went on to claim Biden\u2019s comment showed “Democrats have no principles [and] it\u2019s about whatever way the left wind is blowing to gain power.”<\/p>\n

“Yesterday’s margaritas with Kilmar Abrego Garcia is today’s Maduro,” he said. “They’ll support a drug-trafficking dictator because this was another Trump win. Guaranteed.”<\/p>\n

The Trump campaign<\/a> arm\u2019s “Rapid Response 47” X account also re-upped Biden\u2019s message, responding with a photograph of Maduro blindfolded on a U.S. government aircraft following his capture.<\/p>\n

MADURO’S CAPTURE IS ‘BEGINNING OF THE END’ FOR CUBA’S REGIME, HOUSE INTELLIGENCE CHAIR SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“A tweet that did not age well,” added Fox News host and former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.<\/p>\n

“Has anyone called to see if Joe is still sleeping?” remarked Pennsylvania state Rep. Aaron Bernstine, who represents Butler County, where Trump was nearly assassinated in 2024.<\/p>\n

One respondent on X replied with a clip of Earl Sinclair from the 1990s ABC sitcom, “Dinosaurs,” expressing surprise and dropping a glass.<\/p>\n

GREGG JARRETT: NO, TRUMP’S ORDER TO SNATCH MADURO WAS NOT ILLEGAL OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“This aged well,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said of Biden\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., added in a statement on social media that Trump “doesn\u2019t just talk tough, he is tough.”<\/p>\n

“Does Joe Biden have anything to say now?” she asked, as other critics cited a second Biden comment from that timeframe wherein the Delaware Democrat called Maduro a dictator and criticized his “human rights violations and extrajudicial killings.”<\/p>\n

“Wait. You mean \u2018Don\u2019t\u2019 diplomacy didn\u2019t get it done?” remarked former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro, who is also a Fox News contributor.<\/p>\n

TRUMP ISSUES DIRECT WARNING TO VENEZUELA’S NEW LEADER DELCY RODR\u00cdGUEZ FOLLOWING MADURO CAPTURE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Mauro had referenced Biden\u2019s widely circulated response<\/a> to an inquiry about what his message to Iran would be to prevent them from intervening in Israel. “Don\u2019t,” Biden replied before leaving the stage where he was speaking at MS-NOW host Al Sharpton\u2019s National Action Network.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Biden climate envoy John Kerry \u2013 a former Massachusetts senator \u2013 was videotaped shaking hands and smiling<\/a> in brief conversation with Maduro at the United Nations\u2019 climate change summit that year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.<\/p>\n

KAMALA HARRIS BLASTS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION\u2019S CAPTURE OF VENEZUELA\u2019S MADURO AS \u2018UNLAWFUL AND UNWISE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

When pressed on the surprisingly jovial greeting, Kerry spokesman Ned Price said the Venezuelan leader had “interrupted what was an ongoing meeting at COP27” and called the exchange “very much an unplanned interaction.”<\/p>\n

Other critics pointed out that former President Barack Obama<\/a> established the first bounty on Maduro\u2019s head in 2015 via executive order, which was increased by the Biden administration, then doubled to $50 million by Trump more recently<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Joe Biden hated Maduro just as much. He just wasn\u2019t bold enough to get him,” said Ja\u2019Mal Green, a former Chicago mayoral candidate and community activist who previously aligned with Sen. <\/a>Bernie Sanders<\/a>, I-Vt.<\/a>, but appeared to sour on some of the far-left\u2019s policies under current Mayor Brandon Johnson and now identifies as “politically independent.”<\/p>\n

TRUMP VOWS US ‘IN CHARGE’ OF VENEZUELA AS HE REVEALS IF HE’S SPOKEN TO DELCY RODR\u00cdGUEZ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“All [Biden] did was impose sanctions and never get the money owed. Democrats have to stop.”<\/p>\n

“Under Biden, he watched as Maduro slaughtered and oppressed the people of Venezuela. He watched as Maduro lost the election but still declared himself the winner. He then just allowed millions of Venezuelans to come to America to claim refuge, costing us hundreds of billions of dollars,” said Green, who has also criticized Johnson over Chicago\u2019s response to the illegal immigration crisis.<\/p>\n

“Under Trump, Maduro FAFO. He swooped in and took him out of the country<\/a> altogether,” Green said.<\/p>\n

“Regardless of our disagreements, sometimes diplomacy doesn\u2019t work, and we must use aggression to free a nation. Trump freed Venezuelans today and I hope one day they can go home to a stable country.”<\/p>\n

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Green referenced recent nationwide protests against Trump and said the craziest part<\/a> of “socialist[s] crying about Trump taking Maduro [was] saying it\u2019s because he wanted a regime change. Maduro didn\u2019t win the election. He\u2019s only there because he took over the country. I thought y\u2019all didn\u2019t want kings.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Biden for comment.<\/p>\n

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Charles Creitz is a reporter for\u00a0Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Charles covers media<\/a>, politics<\/a> and culture for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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