Republicans Back War Against Drug Cartels

“In the 2024 Republican primary, the war on drugs is back on. Literally,” Semafor reports.

“Led by Donald Trump, all of the GOP’s official presidential contenders have endorsed a counter-terrorism operation against Mexico-based drug cartels, bringing tactics to the Southwest that America last deployed in Iraq and Syria — ‘just as we took down ISIS,’ as Trump put it in a January campaign video. The idea, rejected by his cabinet when Trump floated it four years ago, is now mainstream Republican opinion.”