Thread: Democrats Asked Who Comes First, US Citizens Or Foreign Drug Runners

Democrats Asked Who Comes First, US Citizens Or Foreign Drug Runners

By William Teach December 6, 2025 – 10:30 am

If only each and every Democrat could be asked the question

Democrats reveal whether they believe US citizens or drug boat traffickers are more important
As scrutiny mounts on the Trump administration’s use of force in its targeting of suspected cartel members in the Caribbean, lawmakers on Capitol Hill were asked whether they believe U.S. citizen victims or drug traffickers are more important.
Republicans, such as Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said the answer is easy.
“I can’t speak for anybody else, but my top concern is American citizens, their lives, their health. So, for me, it’s an easy choice. Kill drug dealers, save Americans,” said Sheehy.

First, it’s not so much “drug dealers” as “foreign drug runners running drugs in international waters”, because I would be against whacking drug dealers here in the US on legal grounds. Second, I certainly understand that many GOP folks are against the blowing up of drug runner boats, just like many are against capital punishment. They have their reasons, and they’re usually well thought out, well reasoned, factual, and based on the Constitution. We’re going to have to disagree on that. But, when you get to Democrats

Democrats, however, had less black and white opinions on the strikes.
“Look, I fully support doing whatever we can within the legal means to make sure that we’re stopping drug trafficking,” said Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., adding, “We should absolutely be concerned about the victims of drug trafficking and people who have lost their lives to drug violence.”
“We support all efforts to [interdict], arrest, hold people accountable who are trying to smuggle drugs into this country. However, we have a rule of law, and we have rules of engagement for a reason. And so, we need to make sure that we have full transparency in terms of how these strikes are happening,” Olszewski went on.
He added that “if the reporting is true, it’s very likely” that the administration’s drug boat strikes are “in violation of our laws and may in fact be a war crime.”

Yeah, he keeps going on and on, when it really should be a simple answer. Nor does he offer what those laws are. It’s simply mealy-mouthed TDS. You can bet if it was Biden, or Kamala, doing this, most Dems would say nothing, just like when Obama was blowing people up in the Middle East and Africa, including a few American citizens.

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., pushed back on the question, saying, “Is this going to do anything to truly help them?”
“Cocaine’s still flowing, the demand is still there,” Smith said, adding, “You see a drug dealer on the street, that’s a bad person. That person is selling drugs. Let’s say they’re selling actual fentanyl, not the cocaine that we’re hitting here. Would you support allowing anyone to execute that person who wants to on the spot? … You want to be tough on drug dealers. Drug dealers are bad people. Why do we need due process? Why do you need probable cause?”

Blah blah blah

Meanwhile, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., answered, “We have to do our best to disrupt drug distribution. Also, we have to invest in drug health care and drug education, et cetera. We have to do all the things. The real question is, how do you do it right?”
Pressed on whether the government should be prioritizing drug victims above the traffickers, Reed responded, “I’ve commented and thank you for asking,” before walking away.

If you’re a drug runner you’re a terrorist, and should be blown up, much in the way Thomas Jefferson went after the pirates of the Barbary Coast. Blowing the boats up (I wonder if this will move onto drug running airplanes?) is more about sending a message to future drug runners that “this could be you. Don’t do it.” There are certainly legalities for and against blowing the boats up, so, I guess it depends on your side. Instead of taking the time to interdict, putting Coast Guard and military members at risk, then arrest, then incarcerate, blowing a few up is a deterrent.



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Did you know in 2015, Obama put Venezuela on an “extraordinary threat” list and laid the groundwork for extrajudicial killings abroad. Trump’s now using that same frame work to vaporize “drug boats."Different slogans, same bipartisan empire...Just packaged for a new fanbase.


9:01 PM · Dec 5, 2025

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(Washington Examiner) It is not a coincidence that the six congressional Democrats released a video urging active military members to “refuse illegal orders” just days before billboards saying the same thing went up outside of U.S. Southern Command in Florida and Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Nor is it a coincidence that just days after that, media outlets aligned with the Democratic Party falsely reported that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered Navy SEAL Team 6 to launch a second lethal strike on two “survivors” from a drug boat not totally demolished by an initial missile strike.
These events are not random. They are all part of a coordinated campaign by the Democratic Party and its media allies to undermine President Donald Trump, sow dissent, and divide the country. These are the same tactics we saw them deploy for the Russia collusion hoax, for the attempted destruction of Justice Brett Kavanaugh hoax, and for the Ukraine impeachment hoax.
The reality is that Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in the Caribbean is overwhelmingly popular and is good policy. Somewhere between 60% and 70% of the public approves of Trump using military force against drug traffickers in the Caribbean, and Democrats are desperate to undermine this support. The fact that they put their political fortunes ahead of the interdiction of drugs that kill tens of thousands of their fellow citizens is telling as to their moral priorities.

It’s one thing to have a principled opposition to the strikes, it’s something entirely different because of unhinged politics and TDS. To take the side of foreign drug runners bringing drugs that kill Americans into the U.S.

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Democrats reveal whether they believe US citizens or drug boat traffickers are more important

'If it disrupts the flow of one drug coming into West Virginia, I'm all for it,' Sen Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said

By Peter Pinedo Fox News
Published December 6, 2025 4:00am EST

Lawmakers confronted on whether they care more about American citizens or drug traffickers

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill were confronted on whether they care more about U.S. citizens or drug traffickers killed in the Trump administration drug boat strikes.

(Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)

As scrutiny mounts on the Trump administration's use of force in its targeting of suspected cartel members in the Caribbean, lawmakers on Capitol Hill were asked whether they believe U.S. citizen victims or drug traffickers are more important.
Republicans, such as Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said the answer is easy.
"I can't speak for anybody else, but my top concern is American citizens, their lives, their health. So, for me, it's an easy choice. Kill drug dealers, save Americans," said Sheehy.
Democrats, however, had less black and white opinions on the strikes.
"Look, I fully support doing whatever we can within the legal means to make sure that we're stopping drug trafficking," said Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., adding, "We should absolutely be concerned about the victims of drug trafficking and people who have lost their lives to drug violence."
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The U.S. killed six alleged drug traffickers on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (realDonaldTrump/Truth Social)

"We support all efforts to [interdict], arrest, hold people accountable who are trying to smuggle drugs into this country. However, we have a rule of law, and we have rules of engagement for a reason. And so, we need to make sure that we have full transparency in terms of how these strikes are happening," Olszewski went on.
He added that "if the reporting is true, it's very likely" that the administration's drug boat strikes are "in violation of our laws and may in fact be a war crime."
"So, it merits full investigation; it merits the details being released. And you know, again, I fully support doing all that we can to stop drug trafficking, but that means that we have to make sure that we're doing it within the rule of law and the rules that we have in this country."
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., pushed back on the question, asking, "Is this going to do anything to truly help them?"

"Cocaine's still flowing, the demand is still there," Smith said, adding, "You see a drug dealer on the street, that's a bad person. That person is selling drugs. Let's say they're selling actual fentanyl, not the cocaine that we're hitting here. Would you support allowing anyone to execute that person who wants to on the spot? … You want to be tough on drug dealers. Drug dealers are bad people. Why do we need due process? Why do you need probable cause?"
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Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Don't give me this crap about how this proves you don't care about [selling drugs]," he said. "I care about selling drugs. I don't want a fascist regime that gets to decide who they can kill when they want to kill them without any check on that power. That simply doesn't make sense in the United States of America, or at least not the United States of America that I want us to have."
Meanwhile, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., answered, "We have to do our best to disrupt drug distribution. Also, we have to invest in drug health care and drug education, et cetera. We have to do all the things. The real question is, how do you do it right?"
Pressed on whether the government should be prioritizing drug victims above the traffickers, Reed responded, "I've commented and thank you for asking," before walking away.

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Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisc., during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., simply answered, "Congress has to do its job: oversight," and walked away.

Republicans, meanwhile, were much more unilateral in their responses.
"If it disrupts the flow of one drug coming into West Virginia, I'm all for it," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.
"I come from a state that has historically had enormous drug problems. A lot of deaths from fentanyl, from overdoses," said Capito. "So, I'm supportive of whatever the president can do to end the flow of fentanyl. And [with] the narco-terrorism, the intelligence around these strikes, from my understanding, is pretty solid."
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"For too long, politicians have been satisfied to have a hundred thousand Americans die every year of drug overdoses. Finally, President Trump has stepped up to the plate and said, ‘No more,’" said Rep. Glenn Grothman.
"If you're going to attack our country, and these people know full well Americans are dying because of what they're doing. If you're going to attack our country, we're going to fight back, about time," Grothman added.

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