Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha knocked MS Now anchors Jen Psaki and Rachel Maddow on Saturday over their contradicting coverage of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, saying it has been “par for the course.”
Both Maddow and Psaki have expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s capture of Maduro, with the latter host saying on Jan. 3 that it did not have a “justification.” Psaki’s comment comes about six years after she said President Donald Trump “likes authoritarian thugs.”
Likewise, Maddow said on Jan. 5 that Trump wants “totally unilateral” control of the U.S. military after Maduro’s capture. The host previously compared Trump to other dictators around the world, including Maduro, and how they have a mutual interest in “staying in power for life.”
“So Trump loves dictators until he actually arrests one with a snatch and grab, brings them back to New York, in this case, Maduro and his wife, to stand trial for narco-terrorism, bringing cocaine to this country that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the years while 8 million people have fled Venezuela because of the horrible place that that has become,” Concha said on Fox News’s Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany, guest-hosted by Molly Line.
“One of the biggest humanitarian crises we have ever seen, despite Venezuela, quite frankly, has the ability to be a very rich country,” he added.
Concha said the “phoniness” of the “insane asylum” that is MS Now is nothing out of the ordinary, but it should still be “called out.” He concluded that the network’s coverage of Maduro’s capture has been “disingenuous” when compared to the host’s past statements.
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Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who served under former President Joe Biden, offered some praise to the Trump administration for the capture of Maduro, calling the operation “brilliant.” He also implied that he is in favor of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado taking over as head of state in the country.
In the wake of Maduro’s capture, Trump has been vocal about the increased investment opportunities for U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. However, he indicated that Exxon Mobil may be excluded, saying he “didn’t like their response.”