PolitiFact: Experts say Ron DeSantis’ plan to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border wouldn’t lower fentanyl flow

PoliFact analyzes the proposal of Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis to send troops to the U.S./Mexico border:

“During the first Republican presidential primary debate, several candidates vying for the 2024 nomination said they would use force against Mexican cartels to stop the smuggling of fentanyl into the United States and prevent Americans from overdosing on the potent drug. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’d declare a national emergency and send troops to the southern border and to Mexico. `When these drug pushers are bringing fentanyl across the border, that’s gonna be the last thing they do,’ DeSantis said during the Aug. 23 debate at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum that was broadcast on Fox News. `We’re gonna use force and we’re gonna leave them stone cold dead.’ DeSantis did not expand on his plans to `use force’ and leave people `stone cold dead’ if they smuggle drugs into the U.S.”  (bold added).

KJ