Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., delivered a forceful defense of the Trump administration’s stepped-up military strikes on narco-trafficking vessels during an appearance Wednesday on Newsmax, arguing the operations are essential to protecting U.S. citizens from a drug pipeline that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Gimenez, who sits on both the Homeland Security and Armed Services Committees, told “Wake Up America” that he has “zero problem” with the administration’s decision to target and destroy suspected narcotics boats operating near Venezuela, describing the traffickers as “narco-terrorists” whose cargo represents a lethal threat to the homeland.
“I support them 150%,” Gimenez declared. “That boatload has more potential to kill more Americans than a boatload full of explosives.”
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