On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his border security plan in Eagle Pass, Texas. During the Republican presidential candidates’ visit to the border, he claimed he would be much more assertive than former President Trump’s policy. He pledged his administration will change the rules of engagement at the border, to physically stop drug smugglers with deadly force.
DeSantis said-
"We’re going to create adequate rules of engagement, if somebody were breaking into your house to do something bad you would respond with force”… "Yet why don’t we do that at the southern border?"…"So if the cartels are cutting through the border wall trying to run product into this country, they’re going to end up stone-cold dead as a result of that bad decision." …he added… "If you drop a couple of these cartel operatives, they’ll stop coming."
DeSantis went on…"On Jan. 20, 2025, we will be on a mission to stop the invasion at our southern border to fight the drug cartels that are poisoning our citizenry, to build the border wall, and to reestablish the sovereignty of this nation,"…"We are done with promises. We are done with slogans. Now is the time for action. No excuses. We will get the job done."
-Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate
DeSantis stressed that it's-
"humiliating as a country to not have control over our own territory,” adding that…” because of the neglect of the Biden administration, because of their intentional failures, this border is controlled by the Mexican drug cartels. That is a disgrace. That is horrific."
-Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate
Former President John F. Kennedy put it this way-
“I don't want to impugn the motives of my colleagues, but my attitude is, speaking just for me, you either believe in border security or you don't.”
-John Kennedy