CNN accidentally detonated Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy’s carefully crafted talking points by confronting him with his own words, words that completely contradict his current outrage over President Trump’s decisive raid to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Murphy made the comments following an interview on CNN, where he attempted to recast the operation as nothing more than a corrupt money grab for President Trump’s allies.
Murphy took to X to rage against the operation:
“The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S.. This is about making Trump’s oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump’s foreign policy – the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela – is fundamentally corrupt.”
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Murphy’s credibility took another hit during the same interview when CNN, apparently forgetting the current Democrat Party script, confronted him with his own words from 2019.
CNN anchor Dana Bash reminded Murphy of an op-ed he wrote explicitly calling for Maduro’s removal:
Dana Bash:
In 2019, you wrote an op-ed, and you called for Maduro to be gone. You said:“Let’s get one thing straight: there should no longer be any debate about Maduro’s lack of democratic legitimacy. The Trump administration is right to put restoring Venezuelan democracy at the center of our approach to this crisis. A return to a stable democracy is in the interest of the Venezuelan people, the United States, and the hemisphere.”
We don’t know what’s going to happen with regard to the civilian leadership there. Tom Cotton, who is here, is saying that he hopes there are democratic elections. Isn’t that what you want?
Chris Murphy:
Well, the rest of that article was a criticism of President Trump’s early moves to saber-rattle around regime change.
WATCH:
Democrat Chris Murphy – who opposed the successful raid to capture Maduro – gets confronted by CNN for previously calling for him to be outed.
CNN: “In 2019, you wrote an oped and you called for Maduro to be gone…” pic.twitter.com/zlHM4IVQ5O
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