Surprise! Senior Democrat and former DNC chair bucking party’s knee-jerk reaction, praises Trump’s capture of Maduro

President Donald Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Official White House photo by Molly Riley)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a South Florida Democrat with a sizable Venezuelan population in her district, bucked her party Saturday to praise President Donald Trump’s capture of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Wasserman Schultz said the...