As federal agents moved Maduro and Cilia Flores toward New York custody, Mamdani tried to draw a line between Washington\u2019s reach and his city\u2019s fragile calm. Calling the operation \u201can act of war,\u201d he framed his objection less as a partisan shot than a warning about the cost of regime change conducted at gunpoint. In his view, the law cannot be selectively sacred abroad while communities at home absorb the fear and fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In neighborhoods where Venezuelan flags hang from apartment windows, the raid felt less like distant geopolitics and more like a threat creeping into their streets. Mamdani\u2019s message was as much to them as to Trump: New York would not turn a blind eye while their homeland became a battlefield by proxy. He promised vigilance, legal support, and a simple assurance in uncertain hours: your safety is not a bargaining chip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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