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Kash Patel: “In large part, yes [the exponential increase in the amount…”

Featuring: Kash Patel, Republican | Former Chief of Staff to the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense | National

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Rep. Tom Tiffany Questions FBI Director Kash Patel on Communist China

Published | Video Starts at 01:21

Has there been a concomitant reduction or a reduction in the amount of fentanyl that is coming into America? There has been a massive reduction to the tune of we have seized … In large part, yes [the exponential increase in the amount of fentanyl is related to the open borders policies of the previous administration]. … As I stated in my opening, sir, what they do and the companies in China, mainland China do, is produce the precursors and the cutting agents that they send ship overseas through various countries into the Mexican drug cartels who produce it. (01:21–01:25)

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Agrees that the increase in fentanyl is related to previous administration's open borders policies.

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