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Kash Patel: “There's been an over 20% reduction in opioid overdose…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:35

The record successes we've had from getting the Chinese to delist the precursors that were dumping this poison to the Mexican cartels and manufacturing it down south of the border and pumping it here. You've heard that There's been an over 20% reduction in opioid overdose deaths, 22% specifically related to fentanyl. That is a monumental achievement thanks to President Trump's initiative and direction and push to manhunt federal foreign terrorist organizations wherever they exist and whatever umbrella they choose to operate under. (09:35–09:43)

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Asserts a significant reduction in opioid overdose deaths, specifically related to fentanyl.

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