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Rep. Lance Gooden put a clear truth on the table during his appearance on The Big Weekend Show: the reason drug smugglers are being pushed onto dangerous boats is because America finally has a border that is being defended. That plainspoken observation cuts through the Washington doublespeak — when you stop letting criminals stroll across the border, they switch tactics, and law-abiding Americans are safer for it. Gooden’s point was simple and unflinching: success at the border looks messy to those who profit from chaos, but it saves lives and should be celebrated.
What the Biden years refused to do, the current administration has begun to confront head-on, including a campaign of maritime strikes and interdictions aimed at drug-trafficking vessels that have been blamed for flooding the country with fentanyl. Those strikes, which the government says target narco-terrorist networks, have been controversial and deadly — provoking lawsuits and complaints from families and international bodies over civilian deaths and legal questions about the operations. Americans should be told the truth about these operations and the stakes: after decades of permissive policy, our nation is finally fighting back against the cartels’ sea lanes.
Of course, not everyone wants the fight. Mexico’s president publicly rejected the suggestion of U.S. strikes into Mexican territory and pushed back on ideas of military action on foreign soil, exposing real diplomatic friction even as our commanders try to cut supply lines to cartel bosses. Sovereignty concerns are legitimate, but they cannot become a cover for inaction while our cities are gutted by drugs and our children die from fentanyl poisoning. America must pursue every lawful tool to secure our homeland, and allies who refuse cooperation should not shield the traffickers.
Democratic critics, meanwhile, reflexively weaponize legalism and outrage while offering no practical answer to stopping drugs and illegal crossings. It’s rich to watch the same people who spent years insisting the border was “open” now lecture about the legality of using force against narco-terrorists; their priority is political theater, not public safety. Voters remember who weakened the border and who is actually doing the hard work now to fix it — and they will hold the obstructionists accountable.
Policy matters more than punditry. Congress should stop playing politics and fund the resources our Border Patrol, Coast Guard, and military partners need to interdict shipments, secure maritime approaches, and prosecute traffickers to the fullest extent of the law. If you want fewer boats and fewer lives lost to poison on our streets, back the agents and commanders doing the job, not the lawyers and lawmakers who tie their hands. Our priority has to be protecting American families, not protecting the sanctuary of cartel routes.
The bottom line is moral and practical: defending the border is the first duty of any government, and Americans should applaud leaders who finally act instead of apologize. Yes, there will be tough questions about methods and oversight — and those questions should be answered transparently — but the alternative of returning to the days of wide-open borders and endless suffering is unconscionable. Patriots will stand with those who secure the nation, and they will make sure Washington knows that safety, sovereignty, and common sense come before partisan virtue signaling.
