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Search results for "Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action"

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Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.
By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 10, 2023
Republican National Committee stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet:
January 2022 fentanyl seizures show "illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate because of Biden’s open border.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 24, 2022
Ron DeSantis stated on June 02, 2018 in during a BBQ :
"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."  
By Allison Graves• June 7, 2018
Rick Scott stated on October 31, 2023 in an X post:
Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.
By Sara Swann• October 31, 2023
David McKinley stated on October 13, 2019 in an article in a local newspaper:
"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."
By Matthew Digby, Minh Do• November 18, 2019
Carol Miller stated on February 15, 2019 in a tweeted video:
"Just two weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection seized enough fentanyl to kill every person in West Virginia 32 times over."
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver• March 6, 2019
Pam Bondi stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:
In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, fentanyl seizures saved “119 million” to “258 million” lives.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 1, 2025
Mike DeWine stated on September 12, 2018 in an ad:
Says Richard Cordray’s "plan would allow drug dealers to remain on our streets."  
By Amy Sherman• September 26, 2018
Kamala Harris stated on October 07, 2024 in an interview:
“We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2024
Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC:
"According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
By Miriam Valverde• March 14, 2017
Rob Portman stated on March 08, 2016 in Department of Homeland Security hearing:
"We understand that this heroin is primarily coming from Mexico, over the border."  
By Nadia Pflaum• March 14, 2016
Phil Bredesen stated on August 24, 2018 in a press release:
Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."  
By Jon Greenberg• September 18, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on February 03, 2024 in a newsletter for constituents:
“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”
By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier• February 20, 2024
Greg Abbott stated on April 05, 2023 in a tweet:
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
By Aarón Torres• April 24, 2023
Pam Bondi stated on April 29, 2025 in en una publicación en X:
En los primeros 100 días del presidente Donald Trump, las incautaciones de fentanilo salvaron entre "119 millones" y "258 millones" de vidas.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 9, 2025
Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says police are warning shoppers to use wipes to clean their carts over deadly risk of fentanyl residue.
By Samantha Putterman• September 26, 2019
Andrew Cuomo stated on June 22, 2016 in a press conference in Buffalo before signing legislation to combat heroin addiction.:
"We’re losing as many people to heroin and opioid overdoses as we lost to the AIDS epidemic at its peak."
By Dan Clark• July 8, 2016
Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.”
By Sara Swann• April 28, 2023
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet:
“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
By Megan Bevins, Pearse Costello• October 3, 2022
Nikki Haley stated on December 14, 2023 in a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire:
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”
By Grace Abels• December 19, 2023

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By Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 17, 2023

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