… we need to do immediately for, one, for our national security and also this fentanyl that's crossing the border. One of the reasons we wanted to finish the border wall. 70,000 Americans are dying every year from fentanyl poisoning. The Chinese Communist Party is involved with the major cartels in Mexico and getting the base chemicals in and to manufacture fentanyl and then distribute fentanyl into the United States … (02:52–02:58)
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Asserts that fentanyl poisoning causes 70,000 American deaths annually.
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