Attorney and retired NYPD inspector Paul Mauro responds to Nicolás Maduro's court appearance on 'The Story.'

We are two Democrats who support President Donald Trump’s extraction of Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela. As of now, most prominent Democrats in public life are vehemently opposed, typically embracing the idea that Congress should have been consulted — or even voted — first on the extraction plan. How such a process could have led to a second Bay of Pigs disaster was absent from the statements we’ve seen.

We agree with public opinion across all parties that the military strike itself was extraordinary, a tribute to the skill, training and courage of our military service members. No other military in the world except ours could have pulled this off.

However, while we strongly believe that a healthy democracy needs a loyal opposition that competes with the opposing party, we are not Democrats who oppose the incumbent Trump administration reflexively.

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With most other Democrats and many Republicans, we also worry that Maduro loyalists might remain in office and that commercial interests may supersede the fundamental goals of democratization and the protection of human rights.

But let’s review the facts: Maduro was a uniquely bad actor, even among murderous tyrants professing to be socialist collectivists. Maduro’s rule created major problems for........

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