{"id":2520617,"date":"2025-12-12T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-look-foolish-for-defending-narco-terrorists-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:04:33","slug":"democrats-look-foolish-for-defending-narco-terrorists-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-look-foolish-for-defending-narco-terrorists-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats look \u2018foolish\u2019 for defending narco-terrorists: Joe Concha"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocrats-look-foolish-for-defending-narco-terrorists-joe-concha%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=2520617&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--><p>Joe Concha, a columnist for the Washington Examiner, criticized Democrats for defending narco-terrorists and illegal immigrants, arguing that this stance makes them appear foolish. speaking on Fox News&#8217;s Hannity, Concha highlighted recent military strikes ordered by President Donald Trump against <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alleged drug traffickers<\/a> as part of a broader campaign to combat narcotics entering the U.S. He disparaged Democrats&#8217; portrayal of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyll-be-shot-down-trump-moves-f-35s-to-puerto-rico-warns-venezuela-hes-not-messing-around\/\" title=\"&#039;They&#039;ll Be Shot Down&#039;: Trump Moves F-35s to Puerto Rico, Warns Venezuela He&#039;s Not Messing Around\">drug boats<\/a> as harmless fishermen vessels, likening it sarcastically to the fictional &#8220;S.S. Minnow&#8221; from Gilligan&#8217;s Island. Concha also referenced the case of Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda, an alleged MS-13 gang member and human trafficker who was defended by Democrats but deported under the Trump governance. Emphasizing the deadly impact of drugs like fentanyl and cocaine-causing more U.S. deaths annually than the Vietnam War-Concha praised Trump for restoring credibility to American foreign policy and making the country&#8217;s word meaningful again to other nations, contrasting this with previous administrations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats look &lsquo;foolish&rsquo; for defending narco-terrorists and illegal immigrants: Joe Concha&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2442048\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said Democrats are defending narco-terrorists the same way that they are defending <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\">illegal immigrants<\/a> in the United States from being deported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Democrats] are defending all of these folks not realizing how foolish and how pathetic they look in doing so,&rdquo; Concha said on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\">Fox News&rsquo;s<\/a> <em>Hannity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3916277\/pro-life-orgs-call-out-fda-makary-abortion-drug\/\">Pro-life orgs call out FDA, Makary for not fulfilling promise to review abortion drug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3916172\/public-university-2-billion-price-amid-deficit\/\">Public university with $2B price tag proposed amid deficit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3916094\/byron-york-democrats-trump-opposite-syndrome\/\">Byron York says Democrats have &lsquo;Trump opposite syndrome&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<div style=\"width: 100%; 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Minnow<\/em>,&rdquo; a reference to the charter vessel the characters of <em>Gilligan&rsquo;s Island<\/em> were traveling on when they were shipwrecked. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the modern-day <em>S.S. Minnow<\/em>,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;I guess now, fishermen, that&rsquo;s the new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\">Maryland<\/a> man, right? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3916020\/abrego-garcia-vows-fight-against-trump-administration\/\">Kilmar &Aacute;brego Garc&iacute;a<\/a>, of course, I&rsquo;m referring to the alleged MS-13 gangbanger who was a wife beater and human trafficker. They defended him in the same way they are trying to tell us that these boats down here are just the <em>S.S. Minnow<\/em>, just going out [to] catch a couple of fish, I guess.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&Aacute;brego Garc&iacute;a, a Salvadoran native who was residing in Maryland with his family, was deported in March to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador&rsquo;s<\/a> Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo mega-prison. A federal judge on Thursday ordered his release from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement&rsquo;s<\/a> custody.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concha said Democrats continue to defend &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombia-recalls-us-ambassador-amid-drug-feud-with-trump\/\" title=\"Colombia recalls US ambassador amid drug feud with Trump\">narco-terrorists&#038;rdquo<\/a>; despite the deadly effects drugs have in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just to get serious for a moment, 56,000 U.S. servicemembers were killed during the Vietnam War, and our combat role there lasted about eight years; twice as many Americans are killed by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\">fentanyl<\/a> or cocaine that comes from places like <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> in just one year alone,&rdquo; Concha said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concha praised Trump for making America&rsquo;s word &ldquo;mean something&rdquo; again to foreign leaders.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3914140\/pam-bondi-seized-tanker-transporting-sanctioned-oil-venezuela-iran\/\"><strong>BONDI SAYS US-SEIZED TANKER WAS TRANSPORTING SANCTIONED OIL FROM VENEZUELA AND IRAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;re seeing here from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> and the president himself obviously is that when America says something, that it needs to mean something, it must mean something,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;Because think about the past couple of presidents and how their word meant nothing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just asked the Venezuelans here, at this point, if they realize that now he does mean business, just like <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> learned that he meant business when he took out their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3450751\/iran-nuclear-sites-targeted-us-strikes-what-to-know\/\">nuclear facilities at Fordow<\/a>,&rdquo; 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