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A Republican congressman from Arizona defended the construction of a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border by arguing that a nuclear weapon could be smuggled across a porous border in a bale of marijuana.
Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), whose district is just over 100 miles away from the U.S.-Mexico border, referenced the illicit drug trade in a discussion Wednesday with CNNs Brianna Keilar on President Donald Trumps proposed border wall.
The reality, Brianna, is that we have to measure all of the costs, ancillary and otherwise, and make the best decision that we can. But I can suggest to you that there are national security implications here for a porous border, Franks said. We sometimes used to make the point that if someone wanted to smuggle in a dangerous weapon, even a nuclear weapon, into America, how would they do it? And the suggestion was made, Well, we'll simply hide it in a bale of marijuana.
So the implications of a porous border have national security dimensions that are very significant and that bear a lot of conversation when we talk about costs," he said.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trent-franks-marijuana-border-nuclear-weapon
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(82,333 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)EarthFirst
(2,905 posts)EarthFirst
(2,905 posts)CrispyQ
(36,518 posts)most of the MJ is warehouse grown. Locally. But hey, I remember finding concealed contraband in my over-the-border MJ purchases back in the day - pesky seeds!
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Boom! Reason to legalize cannabis right there.
Best_man23
(4,907 posts)And tax it.
spanone
(135,877 posts)jeeebus
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)TlalocW
(15,391 posts)The trucks hauling them aren't even trucks at all but several dozen illegal Mexican immigrants who have disguised themselves as a truck!
TlalocW
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Let's say I buy a bale of marijuana because I roll big joints. If there's a nuclear weapon in it, do I get to keep it?
flyingfysh
(1,990 posts)You could hide a nuke in a truckload of watermelons
mikelewis
(4,079 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Marijuana!
Takket
(21,627 posts)After going to all the trouble to get it to the border are going to go... "Shit. A wall. Fuck it. Let's go home"
Vinca
(50,304 posts)or an AK-47 legally sold to a paranoid guy who sees things after smoking marijuana? The GOP sees danger where this is none and doesn't see danger when it exists.
struggle4progress
(118,348 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)hunter
(38,328 posts)They're so full shit they'll never notice and nobody charged with protecting our borders is willing to inspect those foul orifices.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)mikelewis
(4,079 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)kimbutgar
(21,193 posts)They can get smoke now from California and Colorado. Why get it from Mexico.
Trent is such an idiot.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)kimbutgar
(21,193 posts)The thing I love about DU witty, funny, and insightful members.
Mendocino
(7,509 posts)smuggling a WMD wrapped with an illegal smelly substance easily detected by a dog.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)Another Publican who gets his "news" from donors whispering in his ear.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Each one 100 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb!
We must have everyone's teeth pulled before entering the United States!
scscholar
(2,902 posts)That's the problem.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)on keeping ourselves safe from the threat of rogue nukes.
Nice that they're worried about actual dangers, now, when the past four decades we've been more busy spending billions putting pot smokers in prison.
GReedDiamond
(5,316 posts)...who is incapable of critical thinking and/or logic.
Way to go, Trent!