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David McCormick: “We need to identify the cartels as terrorist organizations.”

Featuring: David McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Dave McCormick and Ben Shapiro in Pittsburgh

Published | Video Starts at 18:51

We had two Vietnams last year, two Vietnam's from fentanyl. So this is where I agree with Ben. We need to secure the Border with the wall and border Patrol. I think We need to identify the cartels as terrorist organizations. We need to use our military selectively to go across the border, take out the manufacturing facilities for fentanyl, take out the distribution network. (18:51–18:56)

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Advocates for designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

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