{"id":463652,"date":"2021-05-01T18:05:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T22:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=463652"},"modified":"2021-05-01T18:05:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T22:05:40","slug":"georgia-gop-governor-visits-u-s-mexico-border-says-drug-cartels-have-a-strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-gop-governor-visits-u-s-mexico-border-says-drug-cartels-have-a-strategic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia GOP Governor Visits U.S.-Mexico Border, Says Drug Cartels \u2018Have A Strategic Plan\u2019"},"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\">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%2Fgeorgia-gop-governor-visits-u-s-mexico-border-says-drug-cartels-have-a-strategic-plan%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=463652&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kemp.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp visited the U.S. southern border in Texas on Friday to check in on his state\u2019s 300 National Guard troops stationed there and \u201cwitness the crisis we\u2019re facing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp described the scene as \u201cdrastically different\u201d than his last trip to the area in December. He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKemp\/status\/1388106802735296516\">chided<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris for not yet traveling there after President Joe Biden named her to lead efforts to slow the flow of foreigners. Harris has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/04\/14\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-virtual-roundtable-of-experts-on-the-northern-triangle\/\">said<\/a> her role emphasizes \u201caddressing the root causes of migration and to focus on the Northern Triangle countries,\u201d which include Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.<\/p>\n<p>The governor took a boat tour of the Rio Grande river that separates the U.S. from Mexico, where hundreds of asylum seekers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2021-03-22\/hundreds-of-migrants-cross-this-stretch-of-the-rio-grande-nightly\">reportedly<\/a> cross nightly. Kemp said many of the migrants are guided by smugglers and drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable what is happening there,\u201d Gov. Kemp said during an appearance on FOX News on Saturday. \u201cThe cartels are making a lot of money shipping people across the border. They really have a strategic plan. They\u2019ll start throwing kids and people in the river that can\u2019t swim to divert Border Patrol agents from getting these cartel members. They\u2019ll also send people across to be a decoy, then float Ford Rangers full of drugs across the river and get them into the interior of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just finished a boat tour of the Rio Grande to survey the border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pJKjcYSJp3\">pic.twitter.com\/pJKjcYSJp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKemp\/status\/1388184358608048130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gov. Kemp also met with Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and George National Guard Adjunct Gen. Tom Carden. Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwinnettdailypost.com\/local\/gov-brian-kemp-visits-georgia-national-guardsmen-on-u-s--mexico-border\/article_2efb716c-aa1a-11eb-b509-6334300e5aa4.html\">thanked<\/a> the National Guardsmen from Georgia for helping address the influx of migrants, which he described as a \u201cvery challenging issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.95\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Teamwork.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKemp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovKemp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgiaGuard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgiaGuard<\/a> for helping Texas address this crisis and secure our border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gcQuQjmtgo\">pic.twitter.com\/gcQuQjmtgo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1388251608669163521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his Saturday interview with FOX News, Kemp said the Biden administration has \u201cmoved these children that were in the cages that they cried about months ago, and they\u2019re just moving them to different parts of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Partial transcript as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><em>FOX NEWS HOST GRIFF JENKINS: I\u2019ve got a source in the RGB (Rio Grande-Bravo Basin) where you were, 2,246 apprehensions in the last 24 hours. If you could give just one piece of advice to the vice president, who is spearheading this, and President Biden about what needs to be done based on what you saw, what would that be?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GOVERNOR KEMP: The first thing I think they should do is get on the ground there and talk to the Border Patrol agents that are doing this every day, talk to the Texas troopers that I talked to, talk to the Georgia National Guardsmen that are there\u2026. They are being overwhelmed. They need some more people. They need more resources. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The conversation shifted to a rally Biden held in Georgia this week, marking his first 100 days in office. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftist-shout-close-private-detention-centers-abolish-ice-biden-pleads-i-agree-with-you-give-me-another-five-days\">reported<\/a>, Biden responded to leftist hecklers who attended that event that chanted, \u201cClose private detention centers!\u201d \u201cAbolish ICE!\u201d by saying, \u201cI agree with you. I\u2019m working on it, man. Give me another five days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, he doesn\u2019t understand what is happening on the border,\u201d Kemp told FOX. \u201cInstead of coming to Georgia, he really should be going to McAllen, Texas, or Arizona, or some of these other places and really get a handle on what\u2019s going on in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party of Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwinnettdailypost.com\/local\/gov-brian-kemp-visits-georgia-national-guardsmen-on-u-s--mexico-border\/article_2efb716c-aa1a-11eb-b509-6334300e5aa4.html\">dismissed<\/a> Kemp\u2019s visit as \u201cnothing more than an embarrassing political stunt,\u201d noting he is up for reelection next year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1725888324873\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to our heroic Georgia National Guard who have answered the call to help protect our nation\u2019s southern border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6lWspzpgMf\">pic.twitter.com\/6lWspzpgMf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKemp\/status\/1388198911802847240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/politics-blog\/kemps-visit-to-texas-border-in-crisis-highlights-his-2022-strategy\/PQQSXSOTAFAI3F5K3MWO3PYOMA\/\">According<\/a> to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kemp\u2019s office said Friday\u2019s daylong, unannounced trip \u201cwas arranged through a Department of Defense program that pairs up officials with pilots in need of more training hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/video-the-border-crisis-is-even-worse-than-you-think\">WATCH: The Border Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp visited the U.S. southern border in Texas on Friday to check in on his state\u2019s 300 National Guard troops stationed there and \u201cwitness the crisis &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277149,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kemp.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia GOP Governor Visits U.S.-Mexico Border, Says Drug Cartels \u2018Have A Strategic Plan\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kemp.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia GOP Governor Visits U.S.-Mexico Border, Says Drug Cartels \u2018Have A Strategic Plan\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463652","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=463652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}