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Joe Kent: “130,000 Americans getting killed by fentanyl every single…”

Featuring: Joe Kent, Far-right, America First | Former Candidate, U.S. House Washington, District 3

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The Race for District 3: Joe Kent

Published | Video Starts at 16:32

And when you have a bill, that's Bill that is presented as a compromise, but it allows for the current invasion to continue. It allows for the fentanyl to continue to flow across the border. Look, 130,000Americans 130,000 Americans getting killed by fentanyl every single year is completely unacceptable. One person being killed by fentanyl that came from across the southern border is completely unacceptable. And so to say that we're going to compromise with American lives. (16:32–16:39)

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