{"id":1875463,"date":"2023-03-13T10:43:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-waltz-calls-for-sending-very-clear-message-to-mexico-and-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:45:18","slug":"watch-rep-waltz-calls-for-sending-very-clear-message-to-mexico-and-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-waltz-calls-for-sending-very-clear-message-to-mexico-and-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Rep. Waltz calls for sending \u2018very clear message\u2019 to Mexico and 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%2Fwatch-rep-waltz-calls-for-sending-very-clear-message-to-mexico-and-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=1875463&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--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78382101\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9\">                                                                                                         <\/div>\n<p>                var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78382101&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1259312&#8243;} });                              <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">R<\/span>ep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rep-michael-waltz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Waltz<\/a> (R-FL) is calling upon the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration<\/a> to demonstrate stronger leadership and confront the Mexican <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drug-cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug cartel crisis<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is more weakness from this White House,\u201d Waltz told Fox News\u2019s Steve Hilton. \u201cNow cartels, these narco-terrorists that control our southern border, that control upwards of a third, according to some estimates, of the entire country of Mexico.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/ohio-train-derailment-jd-vance-joe-biden-enemies-terror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT: JD VANCE BLASTS BIDEN FOR TREATING EAST PALESTINE AS \u2018ENEMIES\u2019 AND CREATING \u2018TERROR\u2019<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I would ask the White House, &#8216;If ISIS or al Qaeda pumped chemicals into the United States that killed 80,000 Americans, more than the worst year of World War II, would we be treating it as a law enforcement\/diplomatic problem?&#8217; Hell no, we wouldn\u2019t!\u201d Waltz said. \u201cWe would go after them, ISIS and al Qaeda, with everything we\u2019ve got. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re demanding now in the Congress.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) joined Waltz in January, introducing <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-joint-resolution\/18\/text?s=1&#038;r=44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation<\/a> to authorize <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/a-us-military-insurgency-against-the-mexican-drug-cartels-would-be-bloody-and-difficult\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military force against the major Mexican drug cartels<\/a>. Their effort has found support <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-us-must-defeat-mexicos-drug-cartels-narco-terrorism-amlo-el-chapo-crenshaw-military-law-enforcement-b8fac731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from<\/a> former Attorney General William Barr. <\/p>\n<p>Waltz said efforts could utilize offensive cyberstrategy through military or space assets, in addition to going after the cartels\u2019 money or dismantling the cartel leadership with special operation forces. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re at a point now where we need to send a very clear message &#8230; to say we\u2019re going to have to do this with you or without you. We have no choice. We cannot accept, actually under international law, to allow your territory to be used as a sanctuary for narco-terrorists to then kill the citizens of your neighbor is a violation of international law,&#8221; Waltz said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think we send a message that we have no choice: Work with us, or we&#8217;re going to have work alone to protect our sovereignty, our people, and our interest. I think if we send that message the right way, much like we did with the &#8216;Remain in Mexico&#8217; policy, that we\u2019ll see folks get on board,&#8221; the congressman said. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>When it was suggested that a new president might be needed for Waltz to see his ideas come to fruition, the Republican congressman said immediate action is needed in light of the recent <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/two-kidnapped-americans-found-dead-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kidnapping and slaying of American citizens<\/a> in Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe owe it to those families to do everything we can do from Congress and at least set the stage for the next president if this one won\u2019t \u2026 act,\u201d Waltz said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/michael-waltz-send-very-clear-message-mexico-drug-cartels\">WATCH: Rep. Waltz calls for sending \u2018very clear message\u2019 to Mexico and 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>var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78382101&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1259312&#8243;} }); Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) is calling upon the Biden administration to demonstrate stronger leadership and confront the Mexican drug cartel crisis. \u201cThis is more weakness from this White House,\u201d Waltz told Fox News\u2019s Steve Hilton. \u201cNow cartels, these narco-terrorists that control our southern border, that control upwards &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1897048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7348,3755,13819,5642,5776,5370,7129,5193,21461,4516],"class_list":["post-1875463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-very","tag-calls","tag-cartels","tag-drug","tag-message","tag-mexico","tag-rep","tag-sending","tag-waltz","tag-watch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}