The president has authority as commander in chief to go after these folks. They are killing Literally tens of thousands of people in this country every year. And it's high time we did something about it. The things that the President has done are having the desired effect [on drug cartels]. You're starting to see the number of these cartel, this activity. They're going to have to shift modes to get things into this country because they have, for all intents and purposes, have been shut down. (08:53–08:57)
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Asserts that the President's actions are effectively impacting drug cartels.
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