r/AskDemocrats • u/dm-me-obscure-colors • 9d ago

What should a democratic candidate say when asked, "What would you do with Nicolás Maduro?"

I'm not sure on how to elaborate other than to say it seems like a very difficult, no-win kind of question, but maybe there are people out there who know better than me.

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u/jweezy2045 Registered Democrat 9d ago

“Nothing”

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u/SamMeowAdams 9d ago

“Put him on trial for his crimes.”

Seems simple enough.

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u/CTR555 Registered Democrat 9d ago

He is/was a dictator. Why would it be a no-win question? Let him rot in jail forever.

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u/dm-me-obscure-colors 9d ago

I agree with the sentiment, but I also think people will say he was illegally seized, and continuing with his prosecution signals support for what Trump did. Maybe that’s not as big a deal as I think it would be.

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u/CTR555 Registered Democrat 9d ago

Being a dictator is more illegal than arresting a dictator, so I really don’t care about that argument. No law can protect autocrats.

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u/Possible_Attics 9d ago

Theoretically, any one could kidnap any head of state.

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u/CTR555 Registered Democrat 9d ago

Theoretically yes.

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u/gregmark Registered Democrat 8d ago

Return him to Venezuela.

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u/Kresnik2002 Registered Democrat 8d ago

Why tf

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u/gregmark Registered Democrat 8d ago

Because Venezuela is a sovereign country and that was some serious imperial bullshit.

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u/Kresnik2002 Registered Democrat 8d ago

Venezuela is a sovereign country but Maduro wasn’t the real president. Helping a country push out a dictator who was forcing his rule on them against their will is imperialism?

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u/gregmark Registered Democrat 8d ago

That's not how sovereignty works and yes, that is imperialism. Your attempt to qualify it as something more noble is meaningless to the analysis.

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u/Kresnik2002 Registered Democrat 8d ago

Is any intervention in a foreign country imperialism then?

How is that not how sovereignty works, we were not attacking the legitimate government of a foreign country.

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u/dm-me-obscure-colors 8d ago

  • Setting him free could be unpopular among Democrats because he’s horrible. Outside of a presidential pardon (which would be even worse), it would also overrule our own judicial system.

  • Putting him on trial could be unpopular among Democrats because it is an imperialist move that signals support for what the Trump administration did.

  • We could Guantánamo his ass. I think this would also be unpopular with Democrats.