Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 (@Peter_Link@expressional.social)
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**Zohran #Mamdani makes statement against the seizure of #Maduro by #US forces** from #NewYorkTimes Jan. 3, 2026 >In his first public break with President Trump since taking office two days ago, Mayor #ZohranMamdani of New York City, condemned the capture of President #NicolásMaduro and his wife, calling it “an act of war” and “violation of federal and international law.” >“This blatant pursuit of regime change doesn’t just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home,” the mayor said in a statement posted on social media. #HandsOffVenezuela #ReleaseMaduroNow #VenezuelanOilBelongsToVenezuela #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Venezuela #news #politics #USpol

from New York Times Jan. 3, 2026

  • Tormato [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    It’s quite incredible really, and eminently commendable, that a just-elected mayor, who is barely in office but has already taken a demonstrative stand against slumlords in minority neighborhoods of NYC, took the time to throw himself into the mix against this atrocity.

    Where are all the rest of Democrats in Congress and the Senate and throughout the country?