President Biden understated the number of deaths caused by fentanyl Monday.
asked Biden to meet to discuss fentanyl while blaming him for not doing more to stop the influx of the drug.
“It is clear that families’ pleas to the administration to step up their fight against the fentanyl crisis have fallen on deaf ears,” Banks and seven other House Republicans“We respectfully request a meeting so that we can discuss solutions to the fentanyl crisis, discuss what we learned from constituents… and share with you a box of obituaries, pictures and letters from grieving loved ones who want you to see the real life impact your refusal to address this crisis is having on families...
Although Biden has until recently rarely publicly mentioned fentanyl, former President Donald Trump routinely boasted that he pressured Xi to launch a crackdown, including adopting a possible death penalty for manufacturers — though fentanyl deaths continued to rise nonetheless during his presidency.
“I said to President Xi that we cannot let fentanyl into our country,” Trump said in 2019. “Almost 100 percent comes from China. It’s devastating. As you know, better than I do, it’s devastating. And he has promised to… make it a criminal act at the highest level, which in China means the death penalty.”
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