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Eric Hovde: “We're losing over 100,000 young people a year to this poison…”

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

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Eric Hovde interview on Western Wisconsin Journal

Published | Video Starts at 10:52

But we brought in a lot of people we don't want into this country. We know Venezuela's emptied their jail cells into our country. Then you look at the fentanyl crisis. I mean, We're losing over 100,000 young people a year to this poison that's produced in China, brought over to the drug cartels in Mexico, and brought up our southern border. And I could go on with the issue. So I think a lot of people feel like the american dream has lost them. (10:52–11:06)

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Asserts that over 100,000 young people die annually from fentanyl, which is produced in China, trafficked by Mexican drug cartels, and brought through the southern U.S. border.

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