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President Donald Trump is being celebrated by Venezuelans all around the world after U.S. forces captured illegitimate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores De Maduro, on January 3rd, in an incredibly well-executed plan.

Trump said that only "weak, stupid people" are complaining about Maduro's capture.

So who's complaining in Connecticut?

Let's start with Senator Chris Murphy, who seems to be the loudest, as usual.

He immediately fired off several tweets about Trump "starting an illegal war" that "has nothing to do with our security" "without congressional approval."

He posted a statement on Facebook, arguing that the capture of a notoriously cruel narcoterrorist was all "about satisfying Trump's vanity, making good on the long standing neocon grudge against Maduro, enriching Trump's oil industry backers, and distracting voters from Epstein and rising costs."

His team even had time to send out a fundraiser email.

Then he appeared on CNN's State of the Union, promising that Venezuela did not present a security threat to the US.

Of course, Murphy completely ignored Maduro's indictment, and just quickly pivoted to his familiar "Trump is corrupt" narrative.

Sen. Richard "Danang Dick" Blumenthal argued that Trump was "starting another endless war, with no clear national security strategy or need" without "approval from Congress."

He later added that "it seems to be all about the oil & personal vanity."

Vanity?

Guess Blumenthal also got the list of "key words" to use in order to coordinate democrat messaging on Venezuela?

But perhaps he missed Jonathan Turley's article explaining how Trump doesn't need congressional approval for this kind of operation?

"If Obama can vaporize an American citizen without even a criminal charge, Trump can capture a foreign citizen with a pending criminal indictment without prior congressional approval," wrote Turley.

Congressman Jim Himes, ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, issued a statement acknowledging that Maduro was an "illegitimate ruler" but said he's "seen no evidence that [Maduro] poses a threat that would justify military action without Congressional authorization."

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro posted a long statement, complaining about Trump's "attempted regime change in Venezuela," calling it an "act of war" that has "destroyed American credibility and emboldened our adversaries to act with similar aggression."

Then she brought it back to the "rising cost of living and the affordability crisis" which is hard to blame on Republicans in an entirely democrat-run state like Connecticut.

Congressman John Larson called the "invasion of Venezuela" and capture of Maduro "yet another authoritarian power grab by Donald Trump."

He echoed his colleagues' talking points about lack of Congressional approval, endless war and affordability.

Congressman Joe Courtney said, "Trump's claim that today’s unauthorized, unilateral military strike in Venezuela is a “law enforcement” action against indicted drug trafficker Maduro rings hollow after the President just pardoned a convicted drug dealer, the former President of Honduras, who was serving a 45-year sentence in U.S. prison, 34 days ago."

He also complained that Trump's declaration that “we are going to run the country” amounted to "an alarming open-ended policy of occupation."

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes seems to think that the US attacked Venezuela, but otherwise hasn't had much to say.

The Connecticut Democrat Party said on Facebook, "Trump’s actions are an affront to the Constitution. He’s dragging us into a war the American people don’t want and Congress never declared. If any Republican wants a seat in CT’s delegation, they should speak out today and wholeheartedly embrace or condemn Trump’s illegal war."

State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff also got the "key words"...

"This is an unpopular and illegal attack motivated by the vanity of a President focused on TV ratings instead of exploding prices here at home," wrote Duff on Facebook.

He further accused Trump of "playing pretend strong man by going on a bombing spree around the world after campaigning on ending wars and putting America first."

Connecticut's progressive activist network was up in arms, too, and quickly moved to hit the streets on the same day as Maduro's capture.

The Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the Connecticut Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), the Groton Democrat Town Committee (DTC), the Connecticut Citizen Action Group (CCAG), Black Lives Matter (BLM), and even State Rep. Anne "tax my people" Hughes, all advertised "No War On Venezuela" protests for Saturday.

The protests weren't exactly well attended, except in Hartford where more than 50 people gathered.

The Groton Democrat Town Committee described it as an "impromptu demonstration" but that's not terribly accurate.

The protest posters shared by CT DSA, CT PSL, Groton DTC, CCAG, BLM, and State Rep. Hughes referenced the ANSWER Coalition -- a group of radical-left activists that leads campaigns against American foreign policy.

Asra Nomani walked through the timeline of exactly how yesterday's "impromptu demonstration" actually materialized.

Nomani discovered that, "As U.S. forces captured Maduro, a parallel operation began almost instantly inside the United States: a rapid, coordinated information and street-mobilization campaign by a network of self-described socialist, Marxist, and communist organizations, most of which operate as nonprofits that DO NOT have to pay taxes."

She named key players in the demonstrations, including ANSWER, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, The People's Forum, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research (a research institute funded by Neville Roy Singham), CODE PINK (founded by Singham's wife) and the International People's Assembly.

"This was a socialist, communist, Marxist transnational network executing information warfare with military precision," said Nomani. "By daylight, the narrative was locked. By midday, the protests were live."

Some of these groups already have strong ties with Venezuela, including the Democratic Socialists, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and CODE PINK.

Heck, just last year, the PSL celebrated the International Antifa Festival in Venezuela where Maduro himself was featured as the keynote speaker.

But forget about all of that because Democrats in Connecticut want you to think that Maduro's "abduction" was all about "Trump's vanity"...

So they expect people to instead line up to condemn President Trump.

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