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Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview:

“We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 11, 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
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
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
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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 21, 2024
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.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 11, 2024
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.”

By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2024
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
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.”

By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
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.”

By Conor Amendola • February 20, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.”

By Laura Schulte • February 6, 2024
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
Ron DeSantis
stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall:

Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.

By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023
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."

By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2023
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.”

By Madison Czopek • November 3, 2023
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
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.

By Maria Briceño • October 11, 2023
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 27, 2023 in Interview:

China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”

By Sophia Voight • October 6, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.

By Jeff Cercone • July 21, 2023
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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 13, 2023
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.

By Sara Swann • July 13, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on June 5, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 9, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world."

By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2023
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:

"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."

By Michelle Andrews • May 18, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.”

By Sara Swann • April 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 21, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Este video enseña “las primera palabras” de Gustavo Petro junto a Joe Biden.

By Maria Briceño • April 27, 2023
Paul Tonko
stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release:

“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”

By Conor Amendola • April 26, 2023
Greg Abbott
stated on April 5, 2023 in a tweet:

“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”

By Aarón Torres • April 24, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook:

“La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá.

By Maria Briceño • April 5, 2023
Charles Schumer
stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release:

Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.

By Conor Amendola • April 4, 2023

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