Democrats escalate war-crime accusations as White House calls ‘innocent fisherman’ the new ‘Maryland

[mystery-ak]

Democrats escalate war-crime accusations as White House calls ‘innocent fisherman’ the new ‘Maryland Man’ hoax
At least 22 strikes in Caribbean have killed 86 suspected traffickers since September
 By Emma Colton Fox News
Published December 7, 2025 12:32pm EST

Democrat lawmakers are increasingly turning up the heat on the Trump administration over its series of military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean since September, most recently focusing on alleged drug runners who survived an initial strike and were killed by a follow-up.

"If the reports are true, [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth likely committed a war crime when he gave an illegal order that led to the killing of incapacitated survivors of the U.S. strike in the Caribbean," Nevada Democrat Sen. Sen. Jacky Rosen said in a statement earlier in December of strikes that killed suspected traffickers.

The White House told Fox News Digital on Friday that the Democrat criticism echoes the "Maryland Man" hoax, referring to the arrest of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an accused MS-13 gang member who was illegally residing in Maryland.

Abrego Garcia received an outpouring of support from Democrat lawmakers in March over his deportation to El Salvador, with lawmakers traveling to El Salvador to meet with him, and media outlets describing him as a "Maryland man."

"’Innocent fisherman’ is the new ‘Maryland Man’ hoax – just like the media tried to paint MS-13 human smuggler Kilmar Abrego Garcia as ‘father of the year,’ they are now running cover for foreign terrorists smuggling deadly narcotics intended to murder Americans. President Trump is using every element of American power to take on the cartels and stop deadly drugs from flooding into our country – just like he promised on the campaign trail," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told Fox Digital.

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[Canuck Conservative]

"Lobster fishermen" ... right

Fishing is dangerous work ... that's why they go out in the daytime, NOT at night, when the darkness can cause accidents

And lobsters don't swim, they crawl on the bottom, so they're an inshore fishery ... so no "lobster boat" races miles across open oceans at 60 mph, lobster boats stay close to shore

Look at the videos ... triple 250-hp outboard motors on the back!!

Obviously, they're drug smugglers, trying to evade the law ... stop pretending otherwise

[Wingnut]

Normal people do not care. This will not be an issue in the midterms.   Bleeding heart liberals always stink up the party.

[mountaineer]

This may be why certain Democrats are so intent on protecting Maduro's drug operations:

Joshua Hall
@JoshHall2024

🚨🚨 BREAKING: Venezuela’s former intelligence leader Hugo Carvajal has CONFIRMED that Democrat Senator Adam Schiff and Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell, both of California, are two of the top names on the VENEZUELA LIST of US politicians that are receiving MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN KICKBACKS AND LAVISH GIFTS from the Maduro regime and Venezuelan drug trafficking organizations in exchange for using their official power as a means of undermining the Trump administration’s ongoing war against these narcoterrorists.

They literally have the blood of hundreds of thousands of Americans who are dying from drug overdoses every year as a result of the deadly drugs that these criminal organizations are trafficking into our country on their hands. This is textbook TREASON and AIDING AND ABETTING THE ENEMY during a time of war while assisting in the deaths of our own American citizens. All for personal wealth and financial gain.

Schiff has reportedly had a multi-million dollar vacation home purchased for him by the Venezuelan government on the California coast while Swalwell has received luxurious items including gold bars and diamond jewelry in exchange for his treason. The dollar value that these two Benedict Arnolds have racked up is well in to the MILLIONS, according to Carvajal.

He is in federal prison now in the US and EXPOSING EVERYTHING. This isn’t about a war crime… This is a distraction and a “cover your ass” operation by the Deep State thugs who have been taking bribes from the enemy at our country’s expense. Pam Blondi: Get off of Fox News and start issuing indictments or step aside for an Attorney General who will… LOCK THEM ALL UP!

2:44 PM · Dec 6, 2025

I'm trying to find another source for these allegations. This story from the Miami Herald recounts Carvajal's various assertions about the Venezuelan government, but I didn't see anything about Dem politicians.

[jafo2010]

Any US politician receiving monies from the drug cartels should be indicted for treason, convicted, and dispatched.  They are traitors.  PERIOD!!!!!!

[Smokin Joe]

Any US politician receiving monies from the drug cartels should be indicted for treason, convicted, and dispatched.  They are traitors.  PERIOD!!!!!!

 

[Timber Rattler]

Nobody's going to buy this nonsense because fishermen don't drive high-speed runners at night.

[mountaineer]

Nobody's going to buy this nonsense because fishermen don't drive high-speed runners at night.

I doubt there's been a single rod or any other type of fishing equipment on the boats blowed up thus far. Who goes fishing without nets or lines?

But ABC News and the Dems will persist in calling these poor persecuted guys humble fishermen.

[mountaineer]

Another fishing boat violated by those meanie U.S. forces.

Footage shows U.S. forces in the Caribbean boarding a small boat, detaining three suspects at gunpoint with commands like "Manos arriba" (hands up), and uncovering colorful bales of drugs.

https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1997626100818837777

[DefiantMassRINO]

What were they fishing for?
What were they using for bait?
What were they using for tackle?
Were they in Venezuelan fishing waters?
Where they in the Venezuelan Economic Exclusivity Zone?
Did they have their fishing licenses on their persons?
Did they have their catch log on their vessel?
Did they have enough life jackets for everyone on the vessel?
Did they have emergency flare guns?
What flag was their 'fishing' vessel flying?
What was their Venezuelan vessel registration number?
What was their home port?

Yeah, Dems, they were not fishermen.  There will be no reality show on Discovery Network for these 'fishermen'.

[mystery-ak]

Angus King: We Need to See Full Tape, Killing Shipwreck Survivors Is a War Crime

Monday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Angus King (I-ME) said everyone needs to see the full tape of the first boat strike in the Caribbean Sea because he said killing shipwreck survivors was the textbook definition of a war crime.

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/08/angus-king-we-need-to-see-full-tape-killing-shipwreck-survivors-is-a-war-crime/