Why top Republicans want to bomb Mexico

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Long-shot presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said he would send US forces into Mexico “on day one.” Longer-shot presidential candidate Will Hurd explains why that’s a bad idea. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you catch that Republican presidential debate?
0:03.2	At one point Fox News moderator asks Frowney Florida Governor a question that feels super
0:11.6	left-field.
0:12.6	Would you support sending U.S. Special Forces over the border into Mexico to take out
0:19.9	fentanyl labs to take out drug cartel operations?
0:23.3	Frowney Florida Governor was down.
0:25.1	Yes.
0:26.1	And I will do it on day one.
0:28.0	On day one.
0:29.0	President of the United States has got to use all available powers as Commander-in-Chief
0:34.6	to protect our country and to protect the people.
0:38.0	So when they're coming across, yes, we're going to use lethal force.
0:41.3	Yes, we reserve the right to operate.
0:43.8	And it's not just Ron DeSantis, the top three candidates are all into the idea of bombing
0:50.1	or sending troops into Mexico.
0:52.4	We're going to ask one of the bottom candidates if that's a good idea on today's
0:56.5	point.
0:59.5	Hey, I'm Ryan Reynolds.
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1:07.2	So naturally, when they announce they'd be raising their prices due to inflation, we
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