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Ted Cruz: “More than 100,000 people died last year of drug overdoses…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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That in four years, ask yourself, why did Joe Biden not do anything to stop the narco terrorists who were murdering Americans, who were flooding drugs into this country, who were producing a massive death toll. More than 100,000 people died last year of drug overdoses. 70% of that was fentanyl. What did Joe Biden do? Well, it's actually worse than that. Not only did you do nothing, Ben, he was actively opening our border and releasing the terrorists and the … (08:03–08:10)

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Asserts that over 100,000 people died from drug overdoses last year, with 70% involving fentanyl.

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