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Release: Ron DeSantis: “We're going to use force, and we're going to leave them stone cold dead.”

Ron DeSantis: “We're going to use force, and we're going to leave them stone cold dead.”

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – During the first Republican presidential primary debate tonight, Ron DeSantis said:
“As President of the United States, your first obligation is to defend our country and its people. And that means, you're sending all this money, but you're not doing what we need to do to secure our own border. We have tens of thousands of people who are being killed...

Well, we're not handling both, and so I am going to declare it a national emergency. I'm not going to send troops to Ukraine, but I am going to send them to our southern border. When these drug pushers are bringing fentanyl across the border, that's going to be the last thing they do. We're going to use force, and we're going to leave them stone cold dead.”

“Here's the thing that cartels are killing tens of thousands of our fellow citizens. You want to talk about a country in decline? You have the cartels controlling a lot of part of your southern border, we have to reestablish the rule of law, and we have to defend our people. The President of the United States has got to use all available powers as Commander-in-Chief to protect our country and to protect the people. So when they're coming across, yes, we're going to use lethal force. Yes, we reserve the right to operate. How many more tens of thousands are we going to let to die?

I am sick. I've met Angel moms throughout this country. I met a lady in Texas named Tracy and her son took one Percocet that was laced with fentanyl, immediately died. That is happening all across this country because of the poison that they are bringing in. So as President, would I use force would I treat them as foreign terrorist organizations? You're darn right I would.”