The Department of War’s targeted strikes on narcoterrorists—specifically a series of missions conducted in September—are still dominating the headlines and the internet. Predictably, Democrats and the mainstream media are outraged. Not about the criminals ferrying boatloads of lethal drugs toward American shores. Not about the fentanyl that kills our neighbors, our friends, our family members. No—what has them clutching their pearls is that the President of the United States is actually doing something to stop it.
And I’m mad as hell.
I’m tired of the twisted priorities. Because across this nation—in my home state, in my community, in homes just like yours—people are dying by the hundreds of thousands. These are real people: sons, daughters, mothers, fathers. And today, I’m focusing on them, because their stories matter far more than the sob stories about the “rights” of drug traffickers.
President Trump knows that too—which is why he nearly blew a fuse on an ABC reporter who just didn’t get it.
I can think of a whole lot more unflattering words for the people more concerned about the comfort of narco-terrorists than the lives lost daily to fentanyl poisoning. And they aren’t alone. Georgia Representative Hank Johnson didn’t just miss the mark—he went fully off the rails, comparing the U.S. to Satan for trying to keep its people safe. Hear it for yourself:
Johnson seems to live in a world where up is down, wrong is right, and criminals deserve sympathy while victims go ignored. He frets about narcoterrorists supposedly being outmatched by the U.S. military, while actual American families are burying their dead.
Just look at Michigan. There were 2,287 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2023—a staggering 250% increase from a decade earlier. More than six Michiganders die every single day from opioid overdoses, and 95% of those deaths involve synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Ask the family members of those victims whether they object to taking out the boats delivering this poison. They’d tell you they wish someone had sunk them sooner—long before they had to plan funerals.
Because here’s the truth: it works. National data show a 250% decline in overdose deaths from the year ending in March 2025 compared to the previous year. Attacking the epidemic at its source isn’t just smart—it’s effective.
Senator Tom Cotton agrees, loudly and unapologetically.
His stance reflects exactly how countless families feel. Families like the Kiesslings.
Caleb and Kyler Kiessling—18 and 20 years old—died in 2020 in Rochester Hills, Michigan, alongside 17-year-old Sofia Harris. They thought they were taking Percocet. Harmless, they believed. A typical night. One of the boys had even made clear he’d never touch heroin—he had seen firsthand how it destroyed lives.
But fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin. Those fake pills killed both brothers and the teenage girl instantly. The drug dealer who sold them the pills lived—thanks to Narcan—and is now serving time. Time the victims will never get back.
Their adoptive mother, Rebecca Kiessling, has testified before Congress. She told the truth plainly:
When I reached out to Rebecca, she responded with a message that cuts straight through the political noise:
“They were casualties of a war no one wanted to acknowledge—until now. China and the cartels are trying to kill us off so they can own everything we’ve got. 80% of their fake pills have a lethal dose of fentanyl. People don’t understand and ask, ‘Why would they want to kill their customers?’
Because it’s a war!
I’m glad to see the Trump administration is doing something about it, defending our nation, our borders and our children, and saving lives. I just wish my sons were not caught in this bizarre window in history when our nation was under attack and our government didn’t acknowledge that truth, and didn’t warn us.” —Rebecca Kiessling
Rebecca hopes to join me later this week on Real America’s Voice to share more of her story.
Of course, many Democrats still refuse to acknowledge the scale of the crisis. Senator Warner, for example:
We’re losing Americans at a rate comparable to 9/11—every ten days. That’s not hyperbole. That’s reality.
This devastation isn’t limited to major cities. Take Rapid River, Michigan—a tiny fishing town of fewer than 350 people. In under a year, four young adults died from fentanyl poisoning; two more the year before. Three victims were from the same high school class of 2021. Four were on the same football team. One was the coach’s son.
You can live 1,700 miles from the border, in a quiet rural village where everyone knows everyone, but if this nation’s leaders don’t take drug trafficking seriously, fentanyl will find you anyway.
Traverse City—famous for its beaches, tourism, and summer festivals—has been hit too. Mike Summers died on his birthday in 2023. His family worried more about his drinking than drug use—until his father found him curled in the fetal position, blue and lifeless from fentanyl poisoning. They spoke out because they wanted things to change. Hear them:
And they’re right. These drug traffickers are not good people. They aren’t misunderstood travelers. They don’t care about you, about me, about Mike, or Caleb, or Kyler. They care about money. And they will kill to get it.
Stopping them—whether through a strengthened ICE or through precise military strikes that put no American lives at risk—is not only justified; it’s necessary.
I want narco-terrorists terrified. I want them to think twice before ever pointing a boat toward our shores again.
So when you see media tantrums over these strikes, think of the Kiesslings. Think of the Summers family. Think of Rapid River. Think of the hundreds of thousands of American families shattered by this poison. And think about what the Democrats and mainstream media should be focused on—but aren’t.