During a CBS Evening News interview with host Norah O’Donnell, Florida Governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis pledged to use deadly force to stop cartels at the border.
“We are going to lean in and we are going to defend our country,” DeSantis said.
“The reality is, they are overrunning our border, they’re sex trafficking, they’re human trafficking and they’re bringing in massive quantities of drugs,” he said. “I mean, our country is being invaded and hurt by what they’re doing. And the question is, do we just throw up our hands? And do we say there’s nothing we can do about it? Or does the leader take action? Because I’ll tell you this, I’m going to have the military at the border, 100%. I mean, if they’re trying to break through the wall, we will have deadly force authorized to be able to stop that.”
Watch the clip above.