Pressure is mounting for the President to get tough on Mexican drug cartels.
During Tuesday’s White House Press Conference, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke out about the latest developments on the four kidnapped Americans in Mexico —two of which were killed.
From Fox News:
As four Americans crossed from Brownsville, Texas, into the Mexican city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Friday, their vehicle began receiving gunfire. Video from the incident showed who are presumed to be Mexican drug cartel members loading the victims into a vehicle, with two of them already appearing to have been dead or injured at the time as the attackers dragged their bodies. They were not thought to have been targets, but instead were initially caught between rival gangs’ crossfire. The White House has since referred to this crime as “unacceptable.”
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy addressed the spokeswoman at Tuesday’s press briefing and asked, “So cartels kill Americans on this side of the border with drugs, and now they’re killing Americans on the other side of the border with guns. Why is President Biden so comfortable with cartels operating so close to the U.S.?”
Jean-Pierre responded by claiming that fentanyl is currently at “historic lows-historic levels” under Biden’s presidency.
Watch the clip below:
DOOCY: "Cartels kill Americans…why is President Biden so comfortable with cartels operating so close to the U.S.?"
JEAN-PIERRE: "We are seizing fentanyl at record historic levels because of what the President has done to secure our border." pic.twitter.com/opSYTQRlwD
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 7, 2023
KJP was blasted for being out of touch with the real situation down at the border.
“Possible misspeak? In no way is fentanyl at ‘historic lows’. Seizures and ODs have hit record highs,” Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin tweeted. “KJP appears to be implying that record-high seizures are a good thing. It’s a double-edged sword. Border officials will tell you they only catch a fraction of what comes through. The seizures show cartels are pushing MASSIVE amounts of fentanyl across the border. CBP/BP do a great job stopping what they can – but fentanyl is all over the country right now.”
Possible misspeak? In no way is fentanyl at “historic lows”. Seizures and ODs have hit record highs.
KJP appears to be implying that record high seizures are a good thing. It’s a double edged sword. Border officials will tell you they only catch a fraction of what comes… https://t.co/akCG1IHRNX
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 7, 2023
More over at Fox News:
Karine Jean-Pierre scorched for commentary on cartel violence at border: 'Completely out of touch' https://t.co/HLtM0rblbc
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 8, 2023
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