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Democrats and and their media surrogates have made it abundantly clear
that they’re not going to let go of their chosen narrative surrounding
War Secretary Pete Hegseth, Admiral Mitch Bradley, and how many strikes
are necessary to neutralize the threat posed by Venezuelan narco-
terrorists.

For those who don’t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television
— and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week’s worth
of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a
short summary of what you may have missed.

A story that should have been on life-support by Sunday morning —
published eight days earlier by The Washington Post — somehow still had
legs. The initial story cited anonymous sources and described the scene
that played out after SEAL Team 6 struck a boat that intelligence had identified as part of a drug-running operation.

According to the WaPo report, Hegseth issued a clear order: “Kill them
all.” When the first strike left two survivors, the story alleged, a
second order was given and another strike followed — this one taking
out the remaining individuals on the scene.

What followed was a mad scramble for Democrats and media to take up the
torch for those two survivors and give them the most sympathetic
makeover possible. They were helpless, Democrats claimed, clinging to
the wreckage of their boat and just hoping against hope that they might survive. Targeting unarmed survivors, they claimed, was nothing short
of a war crime.

Over the following days, however, new reports added dimension to the
story. ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz — who had helped sell the
“helpless survivor” narrative just days earlier with “This Week” host
Jonathan Karl — reported that the boat had apparently been disabled but
not destroyed by the first strike. In addition, she cited sources who’d
said the operators were in contact with the Judge Advocate General’s
office in real time — and that because they’d believed the survivors
were attempting to contact someone for help and salvage their illicit
cargo, they were deemed lawful enemy combatants.

Still, the hosts of the Sunday morning shows brought in a whole new
slate of guests, most of whom continued to hawk the war crimes
narrative in any market where they believed it would fly.

On “This Week,” Rep. Adam Smith raised the question of land strikes in Venezuela, complaining that President Donald Trump’s administration —
the War Department in particular — had not kept him and others in
Congress in the loop.

“They have not kept us informed on this, they did not inform
us of these strikes,” he said.

Rep. Adam Smith tells George Stephanopoulos that he has not
been briefed on the possibility of land strikes in Venezuela.
Referring to the Department of Defense, he said: “They have
not kept us informed on this, they did not inform us of these
strikes.” pic.twitter.com/K7SoJZoCdk

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 7, 2025

Smith also called for the public release of video from the strike in
question, claiming that President Donald Trump was trying to avoid
doing so.

Rep. Adam Smith calls for the release of the videos shown to
lawmakers of U.S. strikes against one suspected drug boat on
Sept. 2. pic.twitter.com/AtDV1HPtg3

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 7, 2025

Following the release of the Inspector General’s report — regarding
Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to share information about a
strike on Houthi terrorists — Smith also suggested that the War
Secretary wasn’t taking the right approach: “It’s perfectly okay to
look back at past actions and say, ‘Yeah, I didn’t do that right.'”

Rep. Adam Smith criticizes Sec. Hegseth’s response to the
inspector general’s report on the alleged release of sensitive
information on the Signal messaging app.

“It’s perfectly okay to look back at past actions and say,
‘Yeah, I didn’t do that right.’” pic.twitter.com/eIjxnABn3b

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 7, 2025

On CBS News, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) constructed what was supposed to
look like a thought experiment, behind which he hid an attack on
Admiral Bradley’s character.

“Anyone who has ever worked with Admiral Bradley will tell you that he
has a storied career and that he is a man of deep, deep integrity. And frankly, I have no reason to doubt that,” Himes said before pivoting to
wonder aloud whether Bradley might compromise that integrity under
pressure. “What happens when an apparently good man like Admiral
Bradley is placed in a context where he knows that if he countermands
an order that he is perhaps uncomfortable with, it is very likely that
he will be fired? It’s interesting to think about how a good man in
that context maybe does something that if he weren’t in that context he
might not do.”

On the alleged Venezuelan drug boat strikes, @margbrennan
asked Rep. @jahimes (D-CT) if he has confidence in Admiral
Bradley.

“Anyone who has ever worked with Admiral Bradley will tell
you that he has a storied career and that he is a man of
deep, deep integrity. And frankly, I…
pic.twitter.com/Lv7AhPQYa1

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 7, 2025

Himes also claimed that the people on the boats were likely low-level
drug runners, meaning that the cartel bosses were not necessarily
feeling the sting.

Rep. @jahimes (D-CT) tells @margbrennan he does not believe
all the identities of those on the alleged Venezuelan drug
boats are known. He says the U.S. strikes are hitting low-level
operatives, not high-ranking cartel leaders, leaving the top
figures in comfortable villas while…
pic.twitter.com/fec6gEQjI5

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 7, 2025

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) used back on “This Week,” however.

Democrats “have such X-ray vision and clairvoyance that they know the intentions of narco-terrorists on boats, yet were so blind to see that
they had a President for four years that was operating as a vegetable…
Forgive me if I’m a little skeptical,” he declared.

.@SenEricSchmitt: Democrats “have such X-ray vision and
clairvoyance that they know the intentions of narco-terrorists
on boats, yet were so blind to see that they had a President
for four years that was operating as a vegetable… Forgive me
if I’m a little skeptical.” ?? pic.twitter.com/fgyMRbrnel

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 7, 2025
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