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Mike Garcia: “We are not counting the 75,000 Americans that have been…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Published | Video Starts at 03:42

We don't prosecute homicides. Those are state. Okay, so I just want to be clear. When we're putting the cape on and saying there's a 20% reduction in homicides, We are not counting the 75,000 Americans that have been killed by this drug over each year. I don't believe that. The second metric of keeping our country safe. We talk about the deaths to America chance in some of our cities. (03:42–03:49)

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Asserts that 75,000 Americans are killed by fentanyl each year.

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