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Eric Hovde: “We lost 108,000 Americans last year to fentanyl, 112,000 the…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Eric Hovde, Ben Shapiro interview

Published | Video Starts at 14:40

… the FBI right now in this country today because of the amount of terrorist suspects that have poured into our country. And then you get down to the fentanyl crisis. We lost 108,000 Americans last year to fentanyl, 112,000 the year before. Those are enormous numbers. I like putting numbers in perspective. During the Vietnam war that went on for 19 years, major conflict for seven and a half years, we lost 58,000 Americans. (14:40–14:48)

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