McCarthy Endorses Designating Cartels as Terrorists, Using Military at Southern Border

SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 05: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (C) speaks at a press conference with a group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers, including Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), after they met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on April 5, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. The historic meeting occurring on U.S. soil has been greeted by threats of retaliation by China. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has endorsed the idea of designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations and embedding at least “some” military forces at the border to facilitate efforts to secure the U.S. border against those cartels.

McCarthy discussed ways to combat the cartel during an interview last month with Breitbart News, which the publication released on Wednesday. Breitbart News discussed border security issues with McCarthy in the days after a group of four U.S. citizens were kidnapped, two of whom were killed in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.