Venezuelan-born PragerU commentator Franklin Camargo shot back at Democrats during a Wednesday hearing on the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro, calling him an “evil narcoterrorist who committed crimes against Americans.”
In his opening statement, Camargo shared how his family’s life back in Venezuela helped shape his opinion on the U.S.’s actions to capture the leader after charging him in 2020 with narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, weapons offenses, and more.
“Thank you for your invitation to share my experience and offer my thoughts on recent American action against Venezuelan criminals. One of those criminals once accused me of being a terrorist, but today, the real terrorist, Nicolas Maduro, is behind bars,” the PragerU personality said.
“I was born in Venezuela and soon experienced the failures of socialism. When I spoke out, I was accused of terrorism under a so-called law against hatred. I could have been thrown in jail for as many as 20 years,” he continued. “I escaped, but my family wasn’t so lucky.”
According to Camargo, one of his cousins was tortured and imprisoned by the Maduro regime for more than two years for his political activism.
Referencing President Ronald Reagan’s characterization of the Soviet Union as an “evil empire,” he argued that it is important to use that language to refer to the Venezuelan dictatorship today.
“Maduro was not simply a bad person or a wrong leader,” Camargo said, appearing to respond to Crockett’s argument. “He’s an evil narcoterrorist who committed crimes against Americans.”
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