Eric Adams Slams Kamala Harris Over Maduro Capture Criticism

 January 5, 2026

Brace yourselves for a political showdown—former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has unleashed a scathing critique of former Vice President Kamala Harris over her disapproval of the U.S. military’s bold move to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, as Breitbart reports.

This fiery dispute erupted after a U.S. operation in Caracas, ordered by President Donald Trump, nabbed Maduro, prompting Harris to call it reckless while Adams hails it as a crucial step for American security.

Let’s dive into the fray: Harris wasted no time blasting the mission on X, decrying Trump’s decision to send troops into Venezuela’s capital as a grave error.

Harris Slams Trump’s Venezuela Mission

She insisted the operation wasn’t rooted in noble causes like democracy or drug control but was instead a thinly veiled grab for oil and a flex of regional muscle.

“This is not about drugs or democracy,” Harris stated sharply. “It is about oil and Donald Trump’s desire to play the regional strongman.”

That’s a bold claim, but let’s cut through the rhetoric—Harris seems more focused on branding Trump as a reckless warhawk than confronting the tangible dangers Maduro’s regime posed to American lives with his alleged drug trafficking empire.

Adams Counters with Pointed Criticism

Adams wasn’t about to let that narrative stand unchallenged, firing back with a reminder that the Biden-Harris administration itself ramped up the bounty on Maduro just last year.

He noted the reward for Maduro’s capture soared from $15 million during Trump’s first term to a staggering $50 million under Trump’s current administration, exposing what he sees as Harris’s convenient flip-flop.

“Public safety is not a political game,” Adams declared with conviction. “You do not label someone a narco-dictator one year and then pretend he is no longer a threat the next simply because a different president is in office.”

Drug Crisis Hits Close to Home

Adams didn’t just stop at policy hypocrisy—he connected Maduro’s influence directly to the devastating drug epidemic tearing through American communities, especially in cities like New York.

He invoked the tragic loss of 2-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici, who died of fentanyl poisoning in a Bronx daycare in September 2023, as a gut-wrenching example of the human cost of narco-trafficking networks.

If Harris believes removing Maduro from power isn’t a safety priority, perhaps she ought to sit down with families who’ve buried loved ones due to the poison flooding in from Venezuela’s lawless underbelly under his rule.

Maduro Faces Justice in New York

Now that Maduro is in custody, he’s set to appear in the Southern District of New York court on Monday, facing serious charges including narcoterrorism, drug trafficking, and weapons-related offenses.

Adams greeted this development with a gritty sense of vindication, suggesting that New York is the fitting arena for Maduro to answer for the chaos and suffering he’s allegedly inflicted on countless lives.

While Harris laments wasted resources and a lack of exit strategy, one has to wonder if leaving a narco-dictator unchecked was ever a smarter play for America’s interests or global stability—her critique sidesteps that inconvenient question in favor of political posturing against Trump.