Republican Senator John Kennedy: “Without the United States, Mexico would be eating cat food”

The Mexican ambassador in USAEsteban Moctezuma, has sent a letter to Republican Senator John Kennedy to respond to the “vulgar and racist words” that the legislator poured out last week against Mexico.

In this way, the diplomat responded in a letter, to which EFE had access this Monday, to the words of the legislator for the state of louisianawho told a Senate hearing on drug trafficking that “Without the Americans, Mexico, figuratively speaking, would eat cat food out of a can and live under a tarp in a backyard.”

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In the text, the ambassador indicated that he does not believe that “the people of Louisiana feel represented in the vulgar and racist words” that Kennedy used.

Montezuma opined that the senator spoke from “ignorance” and that he is obliged to apologize to the citizens, because what he stated “It’s not worthy of the state of Louisiana, known for being a melting pot of cultures.”

“Because of the moral level expressed in your words, we do not expect reconsideration from you,” added the Mexican diplomat, who decided to respond “with the brain instead of the guts.”

In his letter, Montezuma He remarked that the senator “is not from the family” of US President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963), still considered today “a beacon that illuminates the path of freedom, democracy and inclusion”, despite sharing a first and last name with the 35th president of the United States.

The Embassador He invited him to “dialogue objectively and respectfully” about drug and arms trafficking, instead of using “offenses and threats.”

“Mexico is cooperating and is willing to always cooperate with the United States, our neighbor, friend, and ally, but also always, on a level of dignity, sovereignty, and truthfulness.” concluded.

Tension over drug policy has risen between the United States and Mexico since four Americans were kidnapped in March, two of them murdered, in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas.

Washington has asserted that Mexico should do “more” to curb trafficking in fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that caused 100,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year, while Republicans, including Senator Kennedy, have called for military intervention on the territory. Mexican.

For his part, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has denied that fentanyl is manufactured in his country and has accused the United States of not doing enough to curb opioid addiction in its own population.

Source: Elcomercio

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