During an interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow this week, a clearly unstable Republican Representative claimed that drug cartels have, in his words, “operational control” of the border between Canada and the United States. The Congressman was Byron Donalds from Florida, who clearly has no idea what is even happening at either of our borders. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what happened.   Link – https://www.mediaite.com/tv/byron-donalds-claims-drug-cartels-have-operational-control-of-u-s-canada-border/ Subscribe to stay connected to our stories: https://www.youtube.com/theringoffire Support us by becoming a member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWIEbibRcZav6xMLo9qWWw/join Or Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRingofFire Buy Ring of Fire merch: https://www.buyrof.com/ Find us on social media! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RingofFireRadio Twitter: https://twitter.com/RingofFireMedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ringoffirenetwork/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ringoffiremedia *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos. I'm very sad to report today that the drug cartels have officially taken over the Canada US border. Or at the very least, that is what Republican Congressman Byron Donalds from, of course, Florida said to Fox business host Larry Cudlow this week. The drug cartels have what he calls operational control of not just the southern border, but also the northern border. So if you're in the United States trying to get into Canada, um, you're gonna have to get through the drug cartels, unfortunately, because as we all know, I mean those drug cartels just up there and, you know, Sorry, North Dakota, right? Just blocking entry to Canada, making sure only the drugs can come through. They're, they're up there in, in Minnesota. They just, just filled with drug cartels, right? Byron from Florida, you know, a hell of a lot about the Canadian border, bud. No, you don't. You don't even know about Florida's own borders, man. But anyway, here is what this moron, the absolutely delusional freak said to Larry Kudlow, promises made, promises kept. Donald Trump told you he was gonna do everything to secure this nation. And that's what he's done. No talking points, no silly blue ribbon panels that go nowhere, no meetings that do absolutely nothing. So he basically is been like no strategy, no talking to smart people. Those days are over decisive action with results. That's what Donald Trump has brought here. Listen, nobody wants to be in an out and out trade war. Uh, there's other things that need to occur, but Canada and Mexico, both of them had to know how serious we are. They are gonna commit the resources, as I've repeated explained to everybody, they had already done that. Like you didn't have to do a trade war. They had already said they were doing it. You didn't actually get concessions. They got, uh, uh, they outplayed you the president. In my view, this is a win for him. But more importantly, this is a win for the American people. Fentanyl has been killing more Americans than anything else in our country. That's not true. Fentanyl, uh, uh, the number one cause of death between the ages of 18 and 45, that's also very misleading. The drug cartels have had operational control of both of our borders. Larry, this has got to change. Donald Trump promised it and he has delivered. Alright, so let's talk about that for a minute. As I mentioned that 18 to 45 statistic about fentanyl being the leading killer. Um, sure there are some websites that do say that. However, they don't all actually injuries and accidents for ages 18 to 45 are in fact the leading cause of death, not fentanyl. Uh, furthermore, you typically don't measure that age group. It's usually not 18 to 45. Typically you will do 18 to 29 or 18 to 30. So I did some digging on this, did my homework. Uh, when you reduce that age range from 18 to 30, uh, you get a very different cause of death. 18 to 35, you get a very different cause of death. Again, you're looking at injuries, uh, uh, and accidents when you reduce it down to 18 through 29 gun deaths. See, that's why they picked the through 45. 'cause look, it's not kids that are being killed by fentanyl all the time. It's, it's middle aged people for the most part. You know, not saying kids don't die from it, they absolutely do. And fentanyl is horrible. But most of the fentanyl coming into this country, according to the government's own statistics, 80 to 90% of it is coming into the country via US citizens. I don't know why I pointed it out myself, I'm not doing it. But people that live here are bringing it in, not the undocumented people. And by the way, most of it actually comes in through ports of entry, not the borders. But he's lying his face off here, he's lying his face off to justify whatever the hell it is Trump wants to do.

• published: 09 Feb 2025
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