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Search results for "Trump's boat strikes aren't working to end the fentanyl crisis"

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Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2026 in an X post:
Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 7, 2026
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2025 in news conference:
Regarding boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela, “Every boat that we knock out we save 25,000 American lives.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 16, 2025
Donald Trump stated on January 29, 2026 in a White House event:
After U.S. vessel strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, “drugs entering our country by sea are down 97%.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 23, 2026
Rand Paul stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview:
“About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
By Samantha Putterman• October 22, 2025
Ann Coulter stated on January 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"100% of heroin/fentanyl epidemic is because we don't have a WALL."
By Paul Specht• February 2, 2018
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa:
Con respecto a los ataques contra las embarcaciones en las costas de Venezuela, “por cada barco que destruimos, salvamos 25,000 vidas estadounidenses”.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 23, 2025
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
Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
“Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.”
By Julie Appleby• August 27, 2020
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
Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The government did more to stop the distribution of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than to stop the distribution of fentanyl.
By Jeff Cercone• February 29, 2024
Michael McCaul stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border
By Bayliss Wagner• February 12, 2024
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
JD Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet:
Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.”
By Amy Sherman• October 31, 2022
Donald Trump stated on December 01, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Video shows “breaking” news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "publicly surrendered" to President Donald Trump.
By Maria Briceño• December 3, 2025
Eric Hovde stated on August 13, 2024 in Public appearance:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “has done absolutely nothing” about the fentanyl crisis.
By Laura Schulte• August 22, 2024
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
Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement:
Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
By Miriam Valverde• October 31, 2017
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
By Jacob Gardenswartz• August 16, 2024
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania:
Vice President Kamala Harris “even wants to legalize fentanyl.”
By Amy Sherman• October 1, 2024
John Cornyn stated on February 14, 2022 in a tweet:
"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."
By Nusaiba Mizan• February 21, 2022

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Fact-check: What to know about US military boat strikes as death toll passes 200

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By Miriam Valverde• October 26, 2017

To limit fentanyl supply, Tim Scott wants Title 42-like restrictions. Experts say they won’t help.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 17, 2023

Fact-checking Donald Trump following U.S. attacks on Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro

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