First GOP presidential debate: on Drugs
Asa Hutchinson:
Expand tools for addiction counseling
As former head of the DEA, I understand the drug crisis in America. And right now, whenever you look at the challenges in our inner-cities, there's three simple words that would be helpful. One, enforce the law when it comes to crime. Secondly, let's
deal with the challenge of fentanyl. And it's both about stopping the fentanyl coming from Mexico, but it's also about education of our young people, making sure that we have the tools that are needed for addiction counseling.
Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
Ron DeSantis:
Send US troops into Mexico to fight drug cartels
Q: Would you support sending US Special Forces over the border into Mexico to take out fentanyl labs, to take out drug cartel operations? DESANTIS: Yes, and I will do it on day one. Here's the thing. The cartels are killing tens of thousands of our
fellow citizens. You want to talk about a country in decline? You have the cartels controlling a lot of part of your Southern border? We have to reestablish the rule of law, and we have to defend our people. The president of the United States has got
to use all available powers as commander in chief to protect our country and to protect the people. So, when they're coming across, yes, we're going to use lethal force. Yes, we reserve the right to operate. How many more tens of thousands are we going
to let to die [from fentanyl]? That is happening all across this country because of the poison that they are bringing in. So, as president, would I use force? Would I treat them as foreign terrorist organizations? You're darn right I would.
Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
Mike Pence:
We used economic pressure to bring Mexico to the table
We used economic pressure to bring the Mexicans to the table, and they allowed us to have people wait in Mexico while they applied for asylum and ended asylum abuse overnight. We got the Mexicans to deploy their National Guard to our Southern border as
never before. I will engage Mexico the exact same way, and we will partner with the Mexican military, and we will hunt down and destroy the cartels that are claiming lives in the United States of America.
Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
Ron DeSantis:
Use force at border; leave drug pushers stone-cold dead
As president your first obligation is to defend our country and its people. I am going to declare it a national emergency. I'm not going to send troops to Ukraine, but
I am going to send them to our Southern border. When these drug pushers are bringing fentanyl across the border, that's going to be the last thing they do. We're going to use force and we're going to leave them stone-cold dead.
Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
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