Lawmaker who fled communism drafts special resolution honoring Trump after Maduro ouster

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EXCLUSIVE : A House lawmaker who fled one Communist dictator will put forward a congressional resolution formally commending President Donald Trump for the humanitarian feat of ousting another, as Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro now sits in a New York prison. Rep. Carlos Giménez, R-Fla., fled Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba as a young boy, telling Fox News Digital what Trump and the U.S. military did without American casualties was "extraordinary." "I'm introducing a resolution that congratulates President Trump on his actions and also the way in which the arrest was conducted by law enforcement agents , but also facilitated obviously by the armed forces of the United States," Gimenez said. "I think that we should congratulate the president for taking the action, but also our own forces in the manner in which they conduct." MARCO RUBIO EMERGES AS KEY TRUMP POWER PLAYER AFTER VENEZUELA OPERATION Trump’s operation was the largest-scale iteration yet of what is being dubbed the "Donroe Doctrine," a play on words of the 1823 doctrine of President James Monroe that warned foreign European powers against further colonizing the West. Trump’s doctrine deems the Western Hemisphere a core security responsibility of the U.S., and the Maduro arrest showed his administration will give teeth to Monroe’s policy and pressure hostile governments directly. "I don't think there's no other way to deal with these narco-terrorists. They're just not going to give up," Gimenez said of the "Donroe Doctrine" in action in the Caribbean. HOUSE REPUBLICANS RIP SENATE WAR POWERS PUSH AS 'POLITICAL THEATER' AFTER TRUMP'S VENEZUELA RAID "There was an arrest warrant. There's a $50 million bounty on his head, $25 million of which was put on by Joe Biden and his administration. The difference is this president actually did something about it and enforced that arrest warrant and went in and got him. And, so, you know, I find absolutely nothing wrong with what he did." Gimenez called it a "seismic event" for…