{"id":1962721,"date":"2023-07-02T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-wants-to-empower-potus-to-use-military-to-go-after-mexican-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T13:38:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:38:52","slug":"j-d-vance-wants-to-empower-potus-to-use-military-to-go-after-mexican-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-wants-to-empower-potus-to-use-military-to-go-after-mexican-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"J.D. Vance seeks to enable POTUS to deploy military against Mexican drug cartels."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fj-d-vance-wants-to-empower-potus-to-use-military-to-go-after-mexican-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=1962721&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--><h2>Ohio Senator Calls for Strong Action Against Mexican Drug Cartels<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent appearance on NBC News\u2019s \u201cMeet The Press,\u201d Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance expressed his concerns about the increasing power of Mexican drug cartels and called for decisive action to combat them. Vance emphasized the need for strong American leadership to address the fentanyl crisis, which originates from outside the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vance stated, \u201cI want to empower the president of the United States, whether that\u2019s a Democrat or Republican, to use the power of the U.S. military to go after these drug cartels.\u201d He highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cybersecurity-chief-surprised-russia-has-not-hit-us-targets-amid-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Biden cybersecurity chief 'surprised' Russia has not hit US targets amid Ukraine war\">significant threat posed<\/a> by the cartels, describing them as the best<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-wants-to-empower-potus-to-use-military-to-go-after-mexican-drug-cartels\/\" title=\"J.D. Vance seeks to enable POTUS to deploy military against Mexican drug cartels.\">-funded criminal terrorist organization<\/a> in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The senator also pointed out the destabilizing effect of the constant flow of fentanyl on the Mexican government. He warned that if the cartels continue to grow in power, they could surpass the Mexican state itself, drawing parallels to the situation in Colombia when cartels became too dominant.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance (R) would \u201cempower\u201d a president to use the U.S. military to go after drug cartels.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance1<\/a>: \u201cYou think the fentanyl problem is bad now, what about three years from now when the Mexican drug cartels are more powerful than the Mexican state itself?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rhDWzhJIZ1\">pic.twitter.com\/rhDWzhJIZ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1675470737153335297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vance highlighted the alarming increase in drug cartels&#8217; revenue, which has grown fourteen-fold in recent years. He attributed this to &#8220;bad border policies&#8221; and emphasized the need for the United States to take a firm stance against China and Mexico, the primary sources of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances entering the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To address the issue, Vance suggested exerting economic pressure on China by increasing tariffs and penalizing them for their involvement in the fentanyl trade. He emphasized the importance of holding China accountable and not relying on assumptions of good faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The devastating impact of the fentanyl crisis is evident in Ohio, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-border-is-less-secure-than-ever-under-biden\/\" title=\"The Border Is Less Secure Than Ever Under Biden\">accidental overdose deaths<\/a> have skyrocketed by 1,056% since 1999. The state ranks fifth in the nation for overdose deaths, with opioids being involved in 80% of cases. Nationwide, overdose deaths increased by 31% from 2019 to 2020, with fentanyl being the primary cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the DEA, the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels are responsible for the majority of fentanyl and methamphetamine overdose deaths in the United States. The DEA has made defeating these groups a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-seized-enough-fentanyl-in-2022-to-kill-every-single-american-and-then-some\/\" title=\"DEA Seized Enough Fentanyl In 2022 To Kill Every Single American, And Then Some\">top operational priority<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many Republicans, including former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, have advocated for using military force and other strong measures to combat the cartels. Vance&#8217;s call for empowering the president to take decisive action reflects the urgency of the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance urged granting the president authority to employ military force against Mexican drug cartels, citing their growing influence. Speaking on NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; Vance emphasized the necessity for strong American leadership in tackling this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1962722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1962721","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\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}