Posted on 01/05/2026 11:02:03 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
During Tuesday's Gutfeld! episode, Fox News contributor Kat Timpf criticized Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S.-led mission that apprehended Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on drug trafficking charges. She argued that capturing a leader, bombing, and claiming to run the country isn't war, but cocaine imports are—highlighting her long-held skepticism of foreign interventions. Conservatives split: some accused her of defending Maduro amid his ouster celebrations, while others like Justin Amash praised her principled stand against mob pressure, with Timpf firing back that she'd rather take heat than lie about her beliefs.
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@KatTimpf · 3h Receiving some very brutal personal attacks for having the same opinion on foreign policy as I’ve had my entire career — and from many of the same people who had claimed to share this view with me as recently as a few months ago. I thought it might be bad, but it’s worse.
@KatTimpf · 2h “Fix this” meaning what? Lie about what I believe so that every single thing I say falls in line with a social media mob that demands it? …
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There has been confirmation that both Kat Timpf and the woman who uses the name Kennedy are libertarians.
Kat’s a libertarian, she means well but is a typical big city woman. She is also not even old enough to really understand how the world works. I don’t fault her for standing up for her beliefs, I think she is genuine about that but she also said she was open minded and hopeful things would turn out the best for everyone especially the Venezuelan people.
At least she's not in a position of power like Rand Paul who can throw a monkey wrench into things with his high and mighty Libertarianism.
We are strong enough to withstand her opinions and she's a big girl who can take the heat.
All things considered, I'm glad she's on our side-ish.
Commence flaming.
From Pelosi's keester to Justin's lips.
Gutfeld put up a strong counter and they both moved along essentially agreeing to disagree. Tyrus is also a Libertarian (I think?) and he didn’t come right and disagree, he just said he didn’t give a damn about how Maduro was arrested.
Tyrus is a southern country boy.He is not what you would call a conservative but he is no liberal either. I know and have known many people that voted and support Trump but in the past had democrat leanings. They are independents that know right from wrong.
Kat may have libertarian sensibilities, but she is in the entertainment business. She’s throwing around the w word (”war”) to be humorous.
Maduro, running drugs into this country, is NOT waging war. He is being a criminal.
Us arresting the guy isn’t waging war either. It’s law enforcement.
Yes, we made a dynamic entry into Venezuela. The perp was being protected by his nation’s national defense, as well as by Cuban palace guards and who knows what else. Being the so-called President of a country didn’t give him immunity from our laws, but it made arresting him complicated.
As to what we’re going to do at this point is another question. Do we [1] invade Venezuela and try to do there what we failed to do in Iraq and Afghanistan? Or, do we [2] merely hope for cooperation from whoever is now in charge of that place to help them re-direct their country toward peace and productivity?
People with libertarian sensibilities will say yes to [2] and no to [1]. I think so will Trump; but, I also think Trump will try real hard to get the cooperation we would need for [2].
Yes Kat Timpf is obviously not a socialist sympathizer. I just wish people on “the right” can state their disagreements with Kat without descending into Leftist mob hyena behavior. Megyn Kelly is receiving similar treatment - not for stating any opinion herself, but inviting a guest on her show who dissented. Commenters were acting as if she had committed sedition or something. 🙄
It’s easy to be an airheaded simplistic Libertarian living in a Manhattan high rise, not so much when you live in a totalitarian dictatorship
Didn’t see the show, but I’m totally okay with Kat Timpf questioning and/or disagreeing with the Maduro operation. And, in fact, if Kat has reservations about this or that, I applaud her to speaking her mind. It’s a healthy thing for there to be dissent on the right. It’s valuable to have people who aren’t afraid to disagree with majority opinion. Two/three decades ago, Pat Buchanan occupied a position like that on the right on many issues (rejecting GOP conventional wisdom on trade, immigration, Iraq, etc.), and Pat turned out to be right about a lot.
It’ll be very interesting to see the continued reaction of the Venezuelan people.
I wonder if they’re going to ask for us to come in and help restore their country.
The difference between trying (1) anywhere in the middle east versus Southern America is that there exists a basis and familiarity with democratic governance in SA. The people know the difference between self governing attempts and autocrat. The middle east has no similar experience. Their whole timeline has been one of autocrat/theocracy misery for the common citizen and slave alike.
Other than Israel that is. And maybe briefly Lebanon.
Where the Western Hemisphere is concerned, the US is The Boss.
Let’s act like it.
That's why I've deleted my religious views from my profile page. The purity tests are counter-productive. I no longer engage in doctrinal arguments.
It should be plain and clear by now that everything Trump does is done to make others' lives better. When the evidence comes to pass, I think she will be big enough to acknowledge it but she stick to her Libertarian guns.
Kat Timpf and President Trump both want the best for others. Obviously, if and when demonicRATS ever get back in power, they'll throw some of what Trump did in our faces to justify their actions. They will take those actions whether Trump did them or not but they will get extra satisfaction from throwing it on our faces.
I don't think Kat will do that. She will speak out against whatever said President does if it doesn't jibe with her Libertarian views.
I think. I could be wrong.
Buchanan could write. Few, if any could match him.
I agree with you completely.
Check out Tyler Cowen of George Mason U. on regime change in the Americas:
Cowen is generally a libertarian thinker. Yet he recognizes that regime change has sometimes worked in the Americas.
Not many people have looked at what are the probabilities of success in regime change. Why, for example, did regime change work in West Germany after WWII?
Why did just about every Africa country slip into some form of authoritarian government after one election when the colonial powers left? Why are there few democratic countries in the Arab world (counting only Jordan and Morocco as democratic)?
In our own country’s case, how important was it that we had Washington and the other Founders to guide us through the first several decades?
Sometimes, I say progress consists of the consolidation of random gains. As though the chance of success is the same small number in every instance, but sometimes we get lucky.
But, yes, to agree with you, I do think the chance of success is better in some places.
The problem with Timpf is she’s so certain and she uses emotional persuasion arguments, both tools of the left, who are very wrong on most issues regarding anything orderly
I heard her rant. She came off as an immature leftist. She’s nasty and condescending. Judgemental She has a very high visibility job and she’s not using it with poise or professionalism. She comes off as generational and hateful
The issue is not what sge said about Venezuela. She’ll always be against Trump. She hates him and his supporters. Her arguments are predictable and illogical
The issue is the guys brought up the Mary Tyler Moore Show, they started saying interesting things, getting into a conversation, she said, with the turned up lip of a nasty, narcissistic teen, ‘I’ve never seen it’
The guys all said, defeated, even Tyrus, mumbling, well, I liked it
She had cut off the conversation like an emasculating, wet blanket of a superior because of her youth, unwelcome, unhappy, buzzkill
She would be well advised to have respect for the audience. She is sure to be getting backlash she blames others for and is stepping in it more and more
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