Platner, a Bernie Sanders-backed oyster farmer and veteran running to unseat Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins in November’s midterm elections, has emerged as one of the sharpest critics of the Trump administration’s overnight raid in Caracas Saturday that resulted in the seizure of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The Maine Democrat has called on Americans to “stop” the Trump administration from using additional force against Venezuela and argued the overnight raid was a “failure” despite no American casualties during the military operation. The Trump administration has insisted that Maduro’s capture was simply a law enforcement action and not the start of a war between the United States and Venezuela.
Author: Adam Pack
Published at: 2026-01-04 22:15:41
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