Sec. Rubio Defends Hegseth: ‘I Don’t Know How Anyone Could Argue Drug Dealers Importing Poison Is Not an Imminent Threat’

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RUBIO: "Yeah. The President of the United States is the commander-in-chief and he has a right to defend this country and to address imminent threats that pose a threat to the United States, and he’s done so. I don’t know how anyone could argue that drug dealers trying to import poison into our country is not an imminent threat. It's a real and imminent threat and it has been addressed. We’ve discussed Iran extensively and the threat they pose to the United States not for the last year, since 1979, a threat that's grown. In the case of Nicolas Maduro, that was, in many cases, a law enforcement operation because he was a fugitive of American justice and he was captured and brought to justice and, by the way, the ancillary impact of also opening and paving the path for Venezuela to have a better future. So, as I said, on all those things, not only did Pete execute on the direct order from the commander-in-chief, with our Constitution is empowered and trusted with the job of keeping America safe. But they did it quite effectively on all those fronts."