{"id":2010926,"date":"2023-08-24T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-touts-his-law-and-order-record-vows-to-send-u-s-military-into-mexico-to-kill-cartels\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:48:08","slug":"desantis-touts-his-law-and-order-record-vows-to-send-u-s-military-into-mexico-to-kill-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-touts-his-law-and-order-record-vows-to-send-u-s-military-into-mexico-to-kill-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis highlights law and order achievements, pledges military action against Mexican 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\">24<\/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-touts-his-law-and-order-record-vows-to-send-u-s-military-into-mexico-to-kill-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=2010926&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>Florida Governor \u2064Ron DeSantis Vows to Take on Drug Cartels<\/h2>\n<p>In a fiery GOP primary debate,\u2062 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis showcased his\u2063 strong law and order\u2064 record as\u200c governor. \u2063He\u200d proudly highlighted his removal of \u2063woke prosecutors \u200cand made a\u200b bold \u200bpromise: if elected president, he \u200bwould \u200csend \u2062the \u200cU.S. Military into Mexico to eliminate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-touts-his-law-and-order-record-vows-to-send-u-s-military-into-mexico-to-kill-cartels\/\" title=\"DeSantis highlights law and order achievements, pledges military action against Mexican cartels.\">drug cartels wreaking\u200d havoc<\/a> on America.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old governor, representing \u2062America&#8217;s third most populated state, was asked by moderator Martha MacCallum if he\u2064 would\u2062 support sending\u200c special forces\u2064 into\u2062 Mexico to deal with the cartels. \u2063DeSantis didn&#8217;t\u200c hesitate to respond, stating, &#8220;Yes, and \u2062I will do it on day one. The\u200b President of \u200dthe United States has\u2062 to use all\u200d available powers as commander-in-chief to protect our country and its people. \u200bWe will use lethal force to stop them. How many more \u200btens\u200d of thousands are we going to let\u2064 die?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis continued, passionately emphasizing the\u2063 urgency of the situation, &#8220;The poison they are\u2064 bringing in is causing deaths all across \u2064this country. As president,\u2062 I would treat them as foreign terrorist \u2062organizations\u200c and use force to\u2064 combat\u2064 them. \u200cYou&#8217;re darn right I would.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MacCallum \u200dasks\u200c DeSantis to speak more about his \u2063plan \u2062to take on the Mexican drug cartels and if \u2062that \u200cincludes &#8220;sending \u2062U.S. Special forces over the border, into Mexico.&#8221; He says \u200bhe\u200c would authorize\u2062 that action &#8220;on day one.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OGxDdrYz7q\">pic.twitter.com\/OGxDdrYz7q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1694543216584864066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>DeSantis Stands Firm on Crime in Florida<\/h3>\n<p>Later in the debate,\u2062 DeSantis engaged in a\u2063 heated \u2064exchange with \u200bco-moderator Bret Baier\u200b regarding crime in Florida. Baier claimed that \u200bcrime was\u200c on the rise\u2062 in the state, to which DeSantis firmly responded, &#8220;Crime is at a 50-year low, and we&#8217;re happy with that. Statewide,\u2062 it&#8217;s at a 50-year low.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Baier interjected, pointing \u200dout that this wasn&#8217;t the case in Miami. However, DeSantis \u200cstood his \u2062ground, emphasizing that the overall\u200d crime rate in the state was indeed at a historic low.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis then shifted the conversation to address what he believes is a root cause of the issue, stating, &#8220;These hollowed-out cities \u2063are\u200c a symptom of America&#8217;s decline. One of the biggest\u2064 reasons is because\u2063 you have\u2064 George Soros funding these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-passes-pence-in-tie-breaking-senate-votes-after-less-than-one-year-in-office\/\" title=\"Harris Passes Pence In Tie-Breaking Senate Votes After Less Than One Year In Office\">radical left-wing district attorneys<\/a>. They refuse \u2062to prosecute crimes they disagree with, allowing the inmates to run the asylum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further\u200b explained his actions as governor, saying, &#8220;When\u200b we had two of \u200dthese district attorneys\u2062 in\u200d Florida, elected with Soros funding, who said \u200dthey wouldn&#8217;t do their job, I removed them\u200c from\u2064 their posts. They are done. As president, we will go\u2062 after all \u200cof these people because they are hurting the quality of life and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-candidates-pitch-plans-to-fight-rising-crime-in-america\/\" title=\"GOP Candidates Present Strategies to Combat Surging Crime in the US.\">victimizing innocent people<\/a> in this country. It\u2064 will stop when I \u2063take office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis: &#8220;When\u2062 we\u2064 had two DAs\u200b in Fla.,\u200b elected w\/ Soros funding who said they wouldn\u2019t do \u2063their\u200c job, I removed them from their post&#8230; As\u200c president,\u2064 we&#8217;re going to go after all of\u2062 these people \u200cbecause they&#8217;re hurting the\u2064 quality of\u200d life &#038; they&#8217;re victimizing innocent people&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XKtnN7mump\">pic.twitter.com\/XKtnN7mump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1694533248729166109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the initial GOP primary debate, Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted his strong law and order record as Florida&#8217;s governor. He emphasized his action against woke prosecutors and expressed his commitment to deploying the U.S. Military into Mexico to eliminate drug cartels causing turmoil in America. DeSantis, a 44-year-old governor, stands as a prominent figure in America&#8217;s political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2010927,"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-2010926","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\/2010926","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}