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Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania Vice President Kamala Harris “even wants to legalize fentanyl.” Eric Hovde stated on August 13, 2024 in Public appearance Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “has done absolutely nothing” about the fentanyl crisis. 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.” Viral image stated on June 18, 2024 in a Facebook post “Justin Timberlake allegedly had traces of molly, poppers, Truvada, and coke in his bloodstream following his DWI arrest in New York.” Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2024 in a Facebook post Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply. Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.” 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. Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on February 3, 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.” Tammy Baldwin stated on January 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter “Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 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.” Ron DeSantis stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths. Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2023 in a rally in New Hampshire New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state." Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram “New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.” Rick Scott stated on October 31, 2023 in an X post Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween. Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2023 in Facebook posts Justin Trudeau’s plane was filled with cocaine when he landed in India for the G20 summit. Mike Gallagher stated on June 27, 2023 in Interview China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.” Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles. Instagram posts stated on July 11, 2023 in an Instagram post Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.” TikTok posts stated on July 9, 2023 in a TikTok The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House. Load more
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania Vice President Kamala Harris “even wants to legalize fentanyl.”
Eric Hovde stated on August 13, 2024 in Public appearance Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “has done absolutely nothing” about the fentanyl crisis.
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.”
Viral image stated on June 18, 2024 in a Facebook post “Justin Timberlake allegedly had traces of molly, poppers, Truvada, and coke in his bloodstream following his DWI arrest in New York.”
Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2024 in a Facebook post Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.
Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
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.
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on February 3, 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.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on January 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter “Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 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.”
Ron DeSantis stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2023 in a rally in New Hampshire New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state."
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram “New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”
Rick Scott stated on October 31, 2023 in an X post Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.
Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2023 in Facebook posts Justin Trudeau’s plane was filled with cocaine when he landed in India for the G20 summit.
Mike Gallagher stated on June 27, 2023 in Interview China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.
Instagram posts stated on July 11, 2023 in an Instagram post Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.”
TikTok posts stated on July 9, 2023 in a TikTok The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House.
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