Arguing that their recent trip to Cuba had made them Americas No. 1 national-security threat, a group of Republican lawmakers today called for tougher sanctions on the entertainers Beyonc and Jay-Z. We must send a strong message to Beyonc and Jay-Z that the United States of America will not tolerate this kind of provocation, said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Florida), who blamed President Obama for permitting the crisis to escalate dangerously. While the President has allowed himself to be distracted by North Korea, Beyonc and Jay-Z were engaged in threatening activities right in our own hemisphere, he said, charging the President with being soft on Beyonc. Echoing his sentiments, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen called for the toughest economic sanctions possible to isolate the growing threat posed by Beyonc and Jay-Z. But while economic sanctions may be politically popular, White House spokesman Jay Carney cautioned that they would probably have little to no effect: Right now, Jay-Z and Beyonc have more money than the U.S. government does. 