Time for troops, McCarthy says.
During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said he believes it’s time to “embed some military” along the U.S. border.
He also says it’s time to call cartels what they are: terrorist organizations.
“I think you have to designate them,” McCarthy said.
“We do not have operational control of our border,” McCarthy added. “For anyone in America that’s been down there — I want to give credit to Gov. Abbott. It shouldn’t be his job to secure the border. But he has to put effort into it. You look what has gone on. These cartels are making billions of dollars human trafficking, right? But they’re using weapons. They’re shooting. We’ve watched in broad daylight what they would do with not respect for life or for Americans.”
From Breitbart News:
What’s more, asked about a proposal from former President Donald Trump to use the U.S. military to combat the cartels, McCarthy endorsed the idea broadly that the United States should “embed some military” so as to use Pentagon technology to fight the cartels.
“I’ve met with the border agents many times. I think we’re going to have to embed some military to allow that technology to help secure it,” McCarthy said.
While McCarthy did not specifically back a measure from Reps. Michael Waltz (R-FL) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) that would authorize the use of military force to fight the cartels in this interview, their proposal would implement the spirit of what he was saying here.
More over at Breitbart News:
.@SpeakerMcCarthy told Breitbart News that it is time to “embed some military” on the U.S. border with Mexico to fight the Mexican drug cartels. https://t.co/Svwy3ylqDc
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 12, 2023