{"id":1997342,"date":"2023-08-11T00:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-on-mexican-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T00:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:34:49","slug":"desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-on-mexican-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-on-mexican-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis proposes employing drone strikes 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\">18<\/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%2Fdesantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-on-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=1997342&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>Gov. Ron DeSantis Open to Using \u2063Drone Strikes Against Mexican\u200b Drug Cartels<\/h2>\n<p>Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican candidate\u200c for the\u2064 2024 presidential election, expressed his willingness to employ drone strikes against drug cartels in\u200c Mexico as a means to defend the country. During a campaign event in Iowa, a voter asked DeSantis if he \u200cwould consider using drone \u200dstrikes against the cartels. In\u200c response, DeSantis stated, &#8220;We will absolutely reserve the right if they&#8217;re\u200d invading our country and killing our people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We will lean in against the\u200b drug cartels&#8230;\u200c We have the right to hold them accountable, and it&#8217;s not\u200b just\u2063 if\u200c they\u2062 happen to come \u2063over our border. If Mexico is\u2063 not going to help us\u2064 with\u200c that, well,\u2064 then we&#8217;re going\u2062 to have to do what we have \u200dto do,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis has taken a strong stance on border \u200bsecurity and combating illegal\u2062 immigration and crime. He has advocated \u2062for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-supports-deadly-force-at-border-and-warns-cartels-will-end-up-stone-cold-dead\/\" title=\"DeSantis backs lethal force at border, cautions cartels will face fatal consequences.\">allowing federal law enforcement<\/a> on \u200bthe southern border to use \u200b&#8221;deadly force&#8221; against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-on-mexican-drug-cartels\/\" title=\"DeSantis proposes employing drone strikes against Mexican drug cartels.\">dangerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-shot-during-a-wake-in-central-mexico\/\" title=\"9 shot during a wake in central Mexico\">criminal organizations<\/a> attempting<\/a> to enter the United States. \u200bAt an event in Texas, DeSantis received \u2064applause when\u200b he\u2064 declared, &#8220;If the cartels are cutting through the \u200dborder wall trying to run product into this country, they&#8217;re going to end up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pledges-action-and-lots-of-it-at-the-nations-borders\/\" title=\"DeSantis vows swift action at US borders.\">stone-cold dead<\/a>\u200c as \u2062a result of that bad decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The issue of drug cartels and their impact on Mexico and the United States has been a significant concern, particularly among Republicans. Many lawmakers have criticized the Mexican government for its inability to curb the violence and influence of these \u200dcriminal organizations.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis&#8217;s Campaign Strategy<\/h3>\n<p>As DeSantis seeks to gain ground on the front-runner for \u2064the 2024 GOP nomination,\u2062 former President Donald Trump, he has made efforts to revamp his campaign team and strategy. His wife, Casey DeSantis, has joined\u200b him \u200con stage\u2062 at\u2063 campaign events\u2063 in Iowa City, Iowa. With the \u200dfirst Republican presidential debate approaching, \u200dDeSantis aims to improve his polling numbers and solidify his position in \u200bthe race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) expressed readiness to employ drone strikes against Mexican drug cartels, using any necessary means to safeguard the nation. During an Iowa campaign event, the Republican 2024 presidential contender responded affirmatively to a voter&#8217;s query about considering such measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1997343,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1997342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1997342","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=1997342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}