Blinken’s ‘good news, bad news’ comment on drug seizures criticized
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was criticized late Tuesday after a video emerged of him at a press conference in Ecuador calling a record number of drug seizures in the country a "good news, bad news" story.
The U.S.’s top diplomat said both countries are working to equip police and give law enforcement the tools needed to combat trafficking.
"We are working together and facilitating what had been-- in both a good news, bad news story-- record drug seizures," he said. "The good news being we’re effective, the bad news being it’s a record drug seizure—which means the problem, in a sense, is even larger."
The Republican National Committee seized on Blinken’s comment and posted a short clip with the caption, "WATCH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken admits ‘record drug seizures' at the border, but insists it’s a ‘good news, bad news story."
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