Why haven't they put a resolution before this body to say we should be at war with cartels and narco traffickers? There are two reasons. They know it would fail even in a Republican Senate. And second, they're afraid to vote on that resolution because they know their constituents are tired of wars and and don't want Congress declaring more wars and treating serious law enforcement problems as challenges for the United States military. (01:06–01:11)
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Asserts that a resolution to declare war on narco traffickers would not pass in the Senate.
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