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J. D. Vance: “If Harris was applying proper leverage to the Chinese and to…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Senator JD Vance on Face the Nation full interview.

Published | Video Starts at 24:57

The United States has designated some of these groups. This is a Chinese government. Oh, we could do so much more. Fentanyl is not easy to manufacture, Margaret. And If Harris was applying proper leverage to the Chinese and to the Mexican drug cartels, we would not have so many people dying. How do you do that? What's your vision of how you do that? Well, I think you walk into Beijing, you talk to Xi Jinping, and you say, your entire economy is going to collapse unless you get access to American markets. (24:57–25:04)

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Asserts that proper leverage on China and Mexican drug cartels could reduce fentanyl-related deaths.

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