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Pete Hegseth: “100,000 Americans died from drug-related [causes] last year…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth issues DEADLY WARNING after cartel strike

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

We knew exactly what they were doing, and we knew exactly who they represented. And that was Trende Aragua, a narco terrorist organization designated by the United States trying to poison … 100,000 Americans died from drug-related [causes] last year under the BIDEN Administration. … of which poured in from Central and South America through our southwest border. Now, we're sealing the border, but President Trump is willing to go on offense in ways that … (00:50–00:56)

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Asserts that 100,000 Americans died from drug-related causes last year under the Biden Administration.

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