Task Force Media
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Key Quote: “The immediate reaction from Democrats has been, ‘you can’t just go invading Mexico,’ and it’s like, stop being an ignoramus. That’s not what anybody’s talking about,” he said. “I envision the same kind of military intervention we use all over the world, where it’s entirely led by the host nation.” Crenshaw, like his colleague Waltz, wants a Plan Colombia-like playbook for Mexico."
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Key Quote: “I am proud to be leading this Congressional task force specifically focused on neutralizing the Mexican drug cartels,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw said. “The cartels have operational control over our southern border, facilitate and take advantage of our immigration crisis, and are killing tens of thousands of Americans every year with fentanyl. Until now, Congress has not taken this threat seriously nor have we shown the American people that we have a plan to deal with these transnational criminal organizations. This task force will rectify that by fully investigating cartel activity, producing policy recommendations, educating the American public, and bringing legislation to the House floor to wholistically target the drug cartels so they can no longer threaten our safety and sovereignty. I applaud Speaker McCarthy for recognizing the severity of this issue and thank him for the opportunity to lead this task force.”
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Key Quote: “When we talk about an authorization for the use of military force, it’s only a legal step to use our military — together with the Mexican Army — to fight the cartels. In Mexico, the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) and the Navy are used against the cartels. The president doesn’t trust the police. There’s corruption in the police. So, if we’re going to help Mexico, it will be through a relationship between our militaries. It’s a legal step, simply so that we can cooperate with the Mexican Army, if they invite us. That’s the second step: López Obrador has to ask for help. I don’t understand why AMLO reacted like that against me. I never said that we were going to invade Mexico. That is nonsense."
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Key Quote: “I’ve been accused of all this crap by the president of Mexico himself, wrongly accused that I’m calling for unilateral action. Now look, if [the cartels] got so bad and [the] Mexicans just refused to work with us, you can’t take that kind of option off the table. But our first step in all of this is a much more serious military cooperation with the Mexican Armed Forces,” Crenshaw said. “We have to be very clear about that because the Mexican politicians will take our words and twist them and use it for political gain. And then they won’t go after the cartels the way we need them to.”
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Key Quote: “Look, I’m for the Mexican people. I’m for the American people. I’m against the cartels. I would think that the president of Mexico, ‘AMLO,’ would also be against the cartels.” “He’s clearly not against the cartels. He’s clearly defending the cartels at the detriment of his own people,” Crenshaw added. “You know, the cartels have killed a lot of Americans, whether [] through lacing drugs with fentanyl or just murdering them when they go down to get a medical appointment, but they’ve killed a lot more Mexicans.”