ABQ wokies, NM House speaker melt down after Maduro capture by Trump

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[CedarDave]

Far-left activists in Albuquerque and New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) erupted in protests and online tirades over the weekend following the dramatic capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, exposing what critics describe as another public meltdown fueled by none other than what many call “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

According to reporting by KOAT-TV, demonstrations broke out in Albuquerque and other U.S. cities after U.S. officials confirmed Maduro and his wife were taken into custody during a late-night operation. Protesters in New Mexico condemned the move, despite Maduro facing long-standing U.S. indictments alleging narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and collaboration with foreign terrorist organizations. Interestingly, it was Joe Biden who raised the bounty for Maduro’s arrest to $25 million in 2025 before leaving office ...

But the loudest reaction came not from the streets, but from the Roundhouse.

House Speaker Javier Martínez unleashed a social media tirade, calling the capture a “kidnapping” and accusing President Trump of acting out of greed and distraction rather than law enforcement. “This isn’t about drugs. It’s not even about Maduro being a dictator,” Martínez wrote on Facebook. “This is about Venezuela’s oil… Period.”

In a follow-up post, Martínez escalated his rhetoric further, calling Trump and his administration “reckless” and “idiotic,” while speculating—without evidence—that Cuba would be “next.”

Critics quickly pointed out that Martínez’s statements ignore the unsealed federal indictment against Maduro and the use of Venezuela’s government infrastructure to facilitate narco-terrorism.

As protests continue and Democrat leaders, such as Second Congressional District U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, remain openly hostile to the operation, the divide in New Mexico mirrors a broader national split—between those who view Maduro’s capture as overdue accountability and those who appear more outraged by Trump than by the alleged crimes of a foreign drug lord now facing U.S. justice.

[CedarDave]

At the PP website lots of good comments on the article. An example from Mark:

Once again, the uneducated New Mexicans show up to voice unfounded claims. I’ve lived in the state for 33 years and it never ceases to amaze me how the uneducated, and the uninformed want to take to the streets without any foundation. Needless to say, the folks that are in elected positions are just as brainless and uneducated.

[Jonty30]

They are revealing themselves as to whom profited off the drug trade.

[CedarDave]

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[tsowellfan]

These people are sick and very dumb

[Leaning Right]

Stay in your lane, Mr. Martínez.

I would suggest that the New Mexico House Speaker concentrate solely on New Mexico. Nobody outside of your little circle cares about what you think, anyway.

[Mercat]

How much was Martinez getting under the table?

[Libloather]

...it was Pedo Pete who raised the bounty for Maduro’s arrest to $25 million in 2025 before leaving office ...

Go git that loot. Add another historical wing to the Trump Library and Education Emporium.

[Colorado Doug]

This goes straight to the affordability crisis. Inflation indicators fail to include cocaine and fentanyl in the calculations. This vicious attack on the free, transnational trade of drugs from Venezuela, will have a devastating impact on the cost of getting high and influence peddling. This will cause great financial hardship to Javier and his constituents. Not only will their drugs cost more, he will lose kickback opportunities. How is this fair?

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

My first thought was exactly that.

[Jonty30]

That’s always the assumption I make when a politician takes a position. It’s either good for his pocket book or his clientele.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Exactly. Arrest him.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Maduro was supposed to be a major player in the Mexican takeover of the United States.

[Texas Eagle]

Understandable. Drug money is their main source of money.

[Texas Eagle]

Maybe the Indian tribes in New Mexico can start funneling some of their peyote wampum to demonicRATS.

[LegendHasIt]

You and several others beat me to it. I wonder how many of our rulers in Santa Fe this effects, either cash flow into their pockets or ‘recreational activities’, or both.

[TheThirdRuffian]

New Mexico is just like old Mexico in many ways.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***the uneducated, and the uninformed ***

Definitely NOT the NM I was born in and raised. Back then in 1946-1962 NM had great jobs and great schools.
Now the energy jobs are disappearing and schools are worse than Arkansas and Mississippi!
https://www.cibolacitizen.com/news/new-mexico-ranks-last-nations-report-card-ninth-time-row

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Only about 76 days from “NO KINGS!” protests to supporting Venezuelan “dick-taters” protests.
Wonder whom TRUMP will give that 25 million bounty to that the Biden-Harris administration put on the Venezuelan dictator.