Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) slammed the U.S. operation that captured Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, saying it is not aimed at countering drug-trafficking.

“It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs,” she claimed in a social media publication.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    Thank god they put “slams” in the headline, otherwise lemmy’s anti-progressive contributors might not have an easy excuse to ignore AOC.

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      31·
      5 days ago

      “I want to make it very clear that I am slamming this operation. Make sure to put that in the headline!”