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Karoline Leavitt: “Under the previous administration there was enough fentanyl…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Dec. 1, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 12:24

The president has a right to take them out if they are threatening the United States of America and if they are bringing illegal narcotics that are killing our citizens at a record rate, which is what they are doing. And Under the previous administration there was enough fentanyl trafficked into our country to kill every American man, woman and child many times over. And so that's why you've seen a drastic difference in this administration's policy with respect to the last. And it's one of the many reasons the American public reelected this president and support this Secretary of War in conducting these strikes. (12:24–12:34)

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Asserts that the previous administration allowed enough fentanyl into the U.S. to kill the population multiple times.

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