Texas House Republican says US could use drones against cartels to 'save American lives'

Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas), co-chair of the Border Security Caucus, said on Tuesday the United States “could” use drones against the cartels if it meant saving American lives.

NewsNation reported this weekend that cartels have authorized the use of weaponized drone explosives against border patrol agents and other U.S. law enforcement at the southern border.

In an interview Tuesday on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” anchor Blake Burman asked Babin whether he thinks the situation “gets to the point where drones from the U.S. are used against the cartels.

“It certainly could. I’m not saying it will,” Babin responded, noting that the U.S. knows where the drug labs are and where “a lot of these bad guys live.”

“It could come down to that,” he added.

Babin said he was grateful President Trump had designated the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, saying “all is fair” when countering groups with that designation.

“Everything’s on the table, and we could absolutely take that type of action against them, to save American lives, to save our property, to save our sovereignty,” he said.

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