#shorts On 3/7/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “So cartels kill Americans on this side of the border with drugs, and now they’re killing Americans on the other side of the border with guns. Why is President Biden so comfortable with cartels operating so close to the U.S.?

KJP: Well, let’s be very clear. Let me take on the drug part here because — since you brought this up. Because of the work that this President has done, because of what we’ve done specifically on fentanyl at the border, it’s at historic lows — historic levels …

Reporter: But to the violence aspect of it: Now Americans are being slaughtered. Would President Biden be taking the same approach if it was al Qaeda or ISIS operating just across the border from an American city?

KJP: The President takes this very seriously. He takes this very seriously …

Reporter: Would President Biden ever consider using the U.S. military to disrupt cartel operations?

KJP: I’m — I’m just not going to get into the military and how it’s being used.

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