MS Now host Jonathan Capehart joined Friday’s PBS News Hour to discuss the fallout from the September 2 second strike on a drug boat. Showing a lack of understanding of how such operations work and counterexamples, Capehart demanded to know why the administration did not arrest the surviving crew members and falsely claimed there is no evidence that the boats are carrying drugs.
Host Geoff Bennett began by wondering, “So, Washington has been consumed this past week with a debate over a series of strikes that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a suspected Venezuelan drug boat back in September. And, Jonathan, the administration says that strike and others like it are necessary to protect U.S. interests. When you look at all that exists in the public realm right now, does that rationale withstand scrutiny?”
Capehart began by wondering if there was even any evidence for the strikes, “No, it doesn't. It would help if the president and the Defense Secretary, this administration, would show us the evidence. You keep saying that these people are drug runners. So — and you know who they are. So tell us. You keep saying that they are shipping these drugs, that's what's in those boats. Well, show us. Show us the evidence. But we don't have the evidence.”
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. steve malzberg
