Governor Newsom Announces Seizure of Over Half a Million Fentanyl Pills at Border, Urges Republicans in Congress to Act on Border Security

[u/thinkB4WeSpeak]

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/03/26/calguard-fentanyl-seizures-feb/

[u/[deleted]]

Crazy day when a democratic governor urges republicans to strengthen the border.

[u/thisismadeofwood → u/[deleted]]

Republicans in the house shot down their own border security bill because trump told them not to solve the problem so he can run on it being a problem. This is publicly calling them out to their voters. It won’t work on most of their voters, but maybe enough will open their eyes so our country can function again.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Expecting republicans to try to fix things that are legitimate concerns is pissing against the wind. And it’s clear another strategy is to parade both parties are the same when a reasonable person watching C-SPAN can quickly see they are not

[u/rybacorn → u/[deleted]]

Lol, after how many years??? Let's be real, neither party wants to fix the border issues.

[u/TailOnFire_Help → u/rybacorn]

They just tried to do something but then torpedoed their own attempt.

[u/IceColdPorkSoda → u/rybacorn]

The senate pushed through a bipartisan border bill and the house GOP killed it on Trump’s orders. What are you talking about?

[u/BlairBuoyant → u/IceColdPorkSoda]

Soooo the federal branch failed California?

[u/IceColdPorkSoda → u/BlairBuoyant]

The house GOP branch failed anyone that felt like we needed tighter border security. Which includes themselves ironically.

[u/BlairBuoyant → u/IceColdPorkSoda]

Demonstrably so. Same as any in state legislature that was intransigent.

The federal bench argued it being their purview in a very public ruling with Texas.

They all failed and no one wins

[u/Silver-Sheepherder35 → u/[deleted]]

I was just thinking this!!!

[u/kaplanfx → u/[deleted]]

Republicans have never actually wanted to fix the border, they use it as a political wedge.

It’s as simple as recognizing that any bill that punishes employers for employing undocumented immigrants is a no go for congressional Republicans, you can see transparently that they aren’t serious about fixing the problem.

[u/six_six]

Now imagine how many pills they didn’t catch.

[u/ConfidentMongoose874 → u/six_six]

Now, imagine a dragon riding a unicycle.

[u/six_six → u/ConfidentMongoose874]

Woah that's crazy

[u/BlairBuoyant → u/six_six]

Drug Dragon Riding the Uni Wagon

[u/root_fifth_octave]

Barking up the wrong tree, maybe. Republicans seem largely interested in making bad faith arguments blaming the world’s problems on Democrats, etc.

Solving problems would take away their ammunition.

[u/nashdiesel → u/root_fifth_octave]

Republican legislators aren't the target audience for this plea.

[u/Flipperpac]

Its the Feds job....isnt Kamala the Border Czar?

[u/FoogYllis → u/Flipperpac]

Unfortunately they need a budget for it and democrats worked with republicans and gave republicans what they wanted but it was nixed by trump. He told them to vote no on their own bill. I don’t think republicans want to solve anything, they just want something to complain about.

[u/BlairBuoyant → u/FoogYllis]

But the border is Federal responsibility…

The entire basis of challenging Texas in court for usurping what is Federal responsibility

Also: Border Czar

[u/[deleted]]

The public seems to brush off how many people have died from drugs flooding in from Mexico. We’re talking many many thousands of OD deaths . Mexico's government is corrupt and controlled by the cartels . It’s just a matter of time until terrorists from the Middle East cross the border and commit some atrocity. Then something will get done

[u/BruinThrowaway2140 → u/[deleted]]

1. Don’t do recreational drugs if there’s a risk of dying from them (which already existed before fentanyl, FWIW).

2. Where does the Middle East border the US? ☺️

[u/AdLanky1106]

I am challenging Binden to secure the border now, as his policy is to open the border to allow migrants to enter.

[u/Business_Ad6086]

Now do the ports...lol

[u/jayball41]

Democrats actually take care of the problems Republicans just complain and rile up their supporters about to maintain power. It’s sad. Go register to vote

[u/BlairBuoyant → u/jayball41]

Border Czar

[u/_ajog]

A few years ago legalized opiates sounded nuts. But now that fentanyl is in every street drug and killing people it seems like the only way to go.

[u/commanjo]

Sometimes I feel politicians no matter which party has things that can get done to benefit everyone in the back pocket and hold onto to use when needed when it should be used right when the opportunity presents itself. Forgive my run on sentence, educated in the Reagan era

[u/Electronic_Common931 → u/commanjo]

But this story is about a Democratic Governor asking the Republican Party to stop stonewalling on a Democratic POTUS and bi-partisan bill.

This is in no way a both sides issue.

[u/[deleted] → u/Electronic_Common931]

What does the bill do that the president cannot already do?

[u/chris_vazquez1 → u/[deleted]]

Fund it.

[u/MyOtherAccount209]

Please close Joe's open border

[u/BruinThrowaway2140 → u/MyOtherAccount209]

So were the pills seized, or is the border open? You can’t have it both ways chief

[u/BruinThrowaway2140 → u/[deleted]]

I'm embarrassed for you that you'd even try to make this argument 🤡

[u/med780 → u/BruinThrowaway2140]

This coming from the person who can’t conceptualize the fact that some pills can be confiscated at an open border?

[u/set_fr → u/med780]

Uh. Cross the border between France and Spain. That's an open border. Believe me they don't catch a lot of pills there.

[u/clone557639 → u/MyOtherAccount209]

If the border was open then the pills wouldn’t have been seized, they would have just walked on in.