“This is our backyard, this is our next door neighbor… This is direct effect on US national interests if we have these narcoterror organizations operating on the country that we share a border with. It’s ridiculous.”
During the conversation, Crenshaw also announced that he would be introducing a new Riot Act: "There are a number of things in law that allow for your legal status to be revoked.
"But, among those is not necessarily engaging in a riot, harming a police officer, burning a cop car during a state of national emergency, so I just introduced the Riot Act, with a bunch of cosponsors that fixes that loophole," he continued.
"We should be able to—everyone images that person running around and burning things and carrying the Mexican flag. I don’t know if they’re illegal or legal, but if they are here on some sort of legal status but not a US citizen, that should be factored in.
"The fact that they’re rioting, doing what they’re doing should be factored in to whether or not they get to keep their status here," he said.
Crenshaw would post in a tweet: "After sitting back and letting LA burn for three days (& taking time to sue President Trump for trying to get things under control), Gavin Newsom is politely asking the rioters to go home. This is exactly why my bill to deport illegals who attack cops, the RIOT Act, has a mandatory enforcement clause. Weak, activist governors won’t do their jobs unless there are serious consequences."
In another segment, the two talked about the cruelty of the cartels and the risks of having a potential failed state to your south: “This isn’t overseas,” Posobiec said. “This is our backyard, this is our next door neighbor… This is direct effect on US national interests if we have these narcoterror organizations operating on the country that we share a border with. It’s ridiculous.”
Crenshaw agreed, warning that the cartels “operate as paramilitaries,” specifically citing Jalisco New Generation Cartel as “extremely militarized.” While he said the Sinaloa cartel is more “Godfather-type,” Crenshaw said, both are “still violent as hell.”
“What people don’t understand is the cartel culture,” he said. “These people engage in effectively a death worship, like a worship of the occult.”
"Part of their strategy in bringing in new recruits is to shoot one of them, make another one eat the flesh of that one, if they refuse to, shoot that one, and make the next one eat the flesh of that one."
“You think ISIS is deranged? They learn their derangement from the cartels.”
“Politically, this is a rather unifying strategy,” he said. “People have concerns asking how you can partner with a corrupt government in Mexico, and my answer to that is, ‘You’re never going to get the perfect situation. So what's your answer, do nothing? That can’t be your answer.’”
Crenshaw advocated for boots-on-the-ground engagement, something Mexico resists, and a long-term approach. “If you want to reduce the corruption, you actually have to be there on the ground. American influence does have an effect.”
He said that counterinsurgency, though often maligned, does work—if given enough time and resources. “What we failed at was realizing that it’s a 20-year strategy… Only in places like Colombia have we bothered to continue to commit the resources. Guess what—it actually works.”
“We cannot have a failed state on our border. It just cannot happen," Crenshaw said.
“We want [Mexico] to be prosperous and safe, and we want [Mexicans] to thrive,” he added. “And guess what—you might need some of our AC130 gunships in order to do that. So why don’t we make this happen?”
Mexico also appears to be aware, to some degree, that it must work with its partners to weed out the cartel threat.
While its leadership has shied away from allowing American troops on its soil, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accepted the invitation by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend the Group of Seven meeting in Alberta. Mexico, which is a part of the G20 but not the G7, is working to set up bilateral meetings with US President Donald Trump during this time.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were also invited to attend the summit.
"I have decided that I will attend the G7," Sheinbaum said in a statement Monday, according to the CBC. "The foreign affairs minister is working on setting up bilateral meetings — it is likely that we will have one with Trump."
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