Posted on 05/12/2023 1:52:33 PM PDT by DFG
A top Republican has sparked a diplomatic row with Mexico after he said their citizens would be 'eating cat food' without the United States.
GOP Senator John Kennedy was labelled as a 'racist' by the Mexican government after his explosive remarks on how to crack down on drug trafficking.
The Louisiana lawmaker said Wednesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill that the Biden administration could use troops to swoop in and break up the cartels because Mexico was so dependent on U.S. trade.
'Without the people of America, Mexico, figuratively speaking, would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a tent,' Kennedy said.
'Our economy is $23 trillion. Mexico's economy is 1.3 trillion. Ours is 18 times bigger. We buy $400 billion every year from Mexico,' he added.
The 71-year-old was grilling Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Chief Anne Milgram on her efforts to stop deadly fentanyl doses entering the U.S. on Wednesday.
'So why don't you and the president get on the phone and call President (Andres Manuel) López Obrador and make him a deal he can't refuse to allow our military and our law enforcement officials to go into Mexico and work with his to stop the cartels,' he asked Milgram.
Kennedy's comments to a Senate committee on federal spending sparked outrage in Mexico, with both the country's president and foreign minister lashing out.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Mexican isn’t a race, and he’s right.
Plenty of red-haired Irish in Mexico, and more than a few Chinese.
That’s right!
Cat food ain’t cheap.
Kennedy is a hoot. Plus he just doesn’t GAF what the beaners think.
Good for him.
who’s insulted here, that cats?
Like this guy better every time he speaks.
Truth is, most blacks in the U.S. would be eating beetle grubs and living in mud huts in Africa if it weren’t for the slave trade that brought their ancestors to America.
Headline left out the two most important words...”figuratively speaking”
They’re real mad. Good. Be mad and round up at least a couple thousand of your citizens. That is, if Mexico wants our government to continue buying your goods, many of questionable value.
Tuna is...I pay 69 cents. I buy it for sandwiches, tuna and peas on toast and tuna/macaroni salad.
In all fairness, some people might consider his words “racist”.
But his words were NOT “wrong”!!
Truth and reality can often sound and feel heartless and unsympathetic...because truth and reality have no heart and neither has the capacity to care!!
I’m glad you control the speed on youtube, because Kennedy talks way too slow.
We have been looking for a VP candidate.
"Thank God My Granddaddy Got On That Boat!" - Muhammad Ali
If it weren’t that our current president is Biden, we should consider seizing the first ten to hundred miles of Mexico and convert it safe zones for Mexican citizens and others. Whereupon we can deport anll illegal aliens in the United States to those protected areas.
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