Vice President Vance Has a Timely PSA for Dems

Nicolás Maduro, the Illegitimate Venezuelan chief, is now in custody in New York City awaiting his first in-person look in an American court, after U.S. particular forces extracted him in an early morning raid in Venezuela on Saturday. Maduro and spouse Cilia Flores had been indicted on a vary of expenses in the Southern District of New York, as nicely.

President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke to media on Saturday morning on the audacious op that captured the Maduros, as CrimsonState beforehand wrote.

Here are some of the photographs the White House launched as the operation occurred in real time:

NEW: The White House releases photographs of President Trump and his national security group monitoring the Venezuela mission from Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/kCyPXGZGGJ

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 3, 2026

More in a minute on some whisperings people have been making about who is, and is not, in those snapshots.

As I wrote earlier, one of the main opposition voices to Maduro’s dictatorial regime, Maria Corina Machado, made remarks on Saturday after the news broke about Maduro’s seize and extraction, stating her desire on who will take over the Venezuelan presidential seat immediately.

But it’s still up in the air who will lead the nation on a long time period foundation.

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The leftists in our nation, however, didn’t take it nicely, just about struggling a large meltdown, including the newly sworn-in mayor of New York City, Dromcratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, who swiftly positioned a cellphone call with POTUS over the matter. Then there have been the performative posts by Congressional Democrats, who bemoaned the transfer as “illegal,” and a “war” that was not licensed by Congress.

READ: Socialist NYC Mayor Mamdani Rages Over Maduro Capture, Speed Dials Trump

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Vice President JD Vance, though, has dangerous news for them. First, when responding to the rapid reporting on Venezuela, he said that the administration gave the alleged narcotrafficker and despot “multiple off ramps,” then he praised the U.S. army for its exact work:

The president provided a number of off ramps, but was very clear throughout this course of: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States. Maduro is the most recent individual to discover out that President Trump means what he says.

Kudos to our courageous… pic.twitter.com/b1fqkdbB4x

— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 3, 2026

The post continued: “Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off a truly impressive operation.”

Vance turned next to any of the Dems who are conflicted over this, including this well timed PSA (public service announcement):

And PSA for everybody saying this was “illegal”:

Maduro has a number of indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You do not get to keep away from justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas.

— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 3, 2026

Boom. Plus, if they’ve any follow-up questions, AG Bondi helpful has the full expenses for them to study.

Some on social media puzzled why the vice president wasn’t in the conflict room snapshots, or at the president’s press convention. Now there’s an clarification, according to Fox News White House correspondent, Aishah Hasnie:

VP VANCE met with TRUMP in West Palm Beach daytime Friday to focus on strikes. He was not bodily at Mar a Lago during strikes but joined via secure video line. 

Returned to Cincinnati after the operation concluded. 

The White House is “trying to limit co-locating POTUS and VP when they are away from the White House due to increased security concerns,” Fox News reported.

In the meantime, Rubio could also be including more jobs to his workload:

Rubio realizing he’s going to be president of Venezuela, governor of Cuba, and the Shah of Iran. pic.twitter.com/wh5S2gpIi9

— Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) (@antoniogm) January 3, 2026

[Editor’s Note: This article was edited for clarity post-publication.]

Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump and his administration’s daring management, we’re revered on the world stage, and our enemies are being put on discover.

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