Ted Cruz

And while they traffic in human beings and assault and sexually assault little children, we're not simply going to sit by and say, that's okay.

This is not the Biden administration.

These are not Democrats who are going to say,

We have no problem with thousands of children being molested by human traffickers because it furthers our political agenda to get more people in America who will vote for Democrats.

That is not what this administration is doing.

And you and I talked about it in the wake of the Maduro arrest.

I said, listen, this has changed the geopolitical power structure throughout Latin America.

Every dictator in Latin America at 3 a.m.

on January 3rd, they changed their shorts.

Yeah.

The leadership, the communist leadership in Cuba and Nicaragua, those guys are terrified in Colombia.

We saw Petro immediately calling and saying, Mr. President, I'm not I'm not resisting you at all.

Like we saw the immediate reaction in Colombia.

And look, I emphasized in nations like Brazil and Mexico, Brazil and Mexico stand on very different footing than a Cuba or a Nicaragua or even a Colombia country.

But they are headed by leftists who have been vocally anti-American.

And I will say Mexico has pivoted sharply.

And this is a real manifestation of that.

And, Ben, it's worth not losing sight of the fact.

You might say, OK, well, why target these narco terrorists?

Why do this?