{"id":1870548,"date":"2023-03-07T13:57:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-floats-bill-to-set-the-stage-to-use-military-against-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T14:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:01:49","slug":"lindsey-graham-floats-bill-to-set-the-stage-to-use-military-against-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-floats-bill-to-set-the-stage-to-use-military-against-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham floats bill to &#8216;set the stage to use military&#8217; against drug cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flindsey-graham-floats-bill-to-set-the-stage-to-use-military-against-drug-cartels%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1870548&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78136094\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Video captures moment four US citizens in Mexico were kidnapped at gunpoint\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A newly released video captured the moment that four American citizens were kidnapped at gunpoint immediately after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and dragged through the street into a pickup truck by men in bulletproof vests. Video taken by a witness posted on Monday showed the moments after criminals began shooting at a white minivan with a North Carolina license plate. 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If you continue to give safe haven to drug dealers, then you are an enemy of the United States,&#8221; Senator <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6322055865112\">told<\/a> Jesse Watters, Fox News correspondent on Monday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), right, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), left, talk during a press conference about legislation that labels the Russian Wagner Group one of the Foreign Terrorist Organizations. It was held on Thursday, February 16, 2023 on Capitol Hill, Washington.                 <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He plans to introduce a bill that would make certain Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations. The senator suggested that his bill could allow military action to combat the cartels without providing further details. &#8220;if necessary.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>It would &#8220;set the stage to use military force if necessary to protect America from being poisoned by things coming out of Mexico,&#8221; The South Carolina Republican stated. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would tell the Mexican government if you don&#8217;t clean up your act, we&#8217;re going to clean it up for you,&#8221; Graham stated. <\/p>\n<p>The bodies of two of the abducted Americans have been found, one had suffered injuries, and the other, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1633122790252355586\">said<\/a> Tuesday. Matamoros was the location where the Americans were taken hostage. <\/p>\n<p>Numerous conservatives are lo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Click Here to Read More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/lindsey-graham-floats-bill-drug-cartels\">Lindsey Graham floats bill to &#8216;set the stage to use military&#8217; against drug cartels<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), revealed that he plans to introduce legislation which would allow for the deployment of military force. Mexican drug cartels &#8220;if necessary.&#8221; Decrying Biden&#8217;s administration for doing &#8220;nothing about&#8221; The recent kidnapping of four Americans Graham said that Mexico needed to be more aggressive in its dealings with it. 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