President Donald Trump announced he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted for drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison. This decision to pardon a convicted international drug trafficker is a shocking betrayal of justice and undermines the rule of law that America stands for.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who gained asylum this year, shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington D.C., killing Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. It is heartbreaking that this single deranged individual's actions now threaten to unleash xenophobic backlash against innocent Afghan refugees who fled danger to build new lives in America.
The federal government has finally released $3.6 billion in delayed LIHEAP funding, which helps low-income households heat and cool their homes, after a government shutdown caused critical delays during the start of winter. This delay in delivering essential aid to our most vulnerable citizens during freezing temperatures represents a shocking failure of governance and a cruel abdication of our collective responsibility to protect human dignity.
President Trump announced military escalation against Venezuelan airspace and pardoned convicted Honduran drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández within 24 hours. This hypocrisy undermines America's moral authority and demonstrates dangerous disregard for justice while destabilizing Latin America.
President Trump spoke by phone with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro about a potential meeting, despite ongoing U.S. military threats against Venezuela. This dangerous diplomatic duplicity threatens American credibility and gambles with regional stability while Maduro's oppressive regime continues to devastate the Venezuelan people.
Top Trump administration officials are meeting with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida to discuss a peace settlement for Russia's invasion, following a proposal reportedly drafted with significant Russian input. The relentless pursuit of a peace deal that appears to prioritize Russian demands over a sovereign democracy under siege is a chilling betrayal of American values and a dangerous erosion of our commitment to liberty.
