David McCormick: “4,000 Pennsylvanians died last year from fentanyl, 100,000…”

“But then the third thing, which is the thing that animates, the thing that gets people in Pennsylvania most focused, is fentanyl. The fentanyl crisis is a huge threat to our country. 4,000 Pennsylvanians died last year from fentanyl, 100,000 across the country. And I went down to the border in the last election. I was with the border Patrol. They pointed up into the hedgerow. There was guys from the cartel sending people across the Rio Grande.” (03:39–03:45)

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