Who?
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Ask a Pol asked:
Do you think American drug policy has played a role at all in destabilizing these countries that are bleeding people into the United States now?
Key Crapo:
“I’m not quite sure, what you are asking,” Crapo told Ask a Pol. “I don’t have an opinion on it.
LISTEN: Laslo & Crapo
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Crapo
SCENE: Crapo’s scooting through the basement of the US Capitol where he runs into Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo.
Matt Laslo: “Has, um…”
Mike Crapo: “I gotta keep moving fast.”
ML: “Yeah. In these immigration talks, has the war on drugs come up at all?”
MC: “On the what?”
ML: “Has the war on drugs come up at all?”
MC: “You know, I honestly don’t know what’s going on in the negotiations. You mean the Lankford discussions?”
ML: “Yeah.”
MC: “I don’t know.”
Sen. Crapo laughs.
ML: “Fair. But I’m just curious in general.”
MC: “I mean, I honestly don’t know. But, if your question is…
ML: “But you think the war on…”
MC: “…is the fentanyl making across the border an issue, that I do know is an issue.”
ML: “But do you think American drug policy has played a role at all in destabilizing these countries that are bleeding people?”
MC: “American drug policy?”
ML: “Yeah.”
MC: “You mean, open border policy?”
ML: “No. Just our anti-drug policy. No?”
MC: “I’m not quite sure what you are asking, but — so I don’t have an opinion on it.”
ML: “Fair! Preciate ya.”
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Does the US war on drugs destabilize Latin America? “I’m not quite sure what you are asking," Sen. Crapo