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Tom Tiffany: “Are the 100,000 children that died of or young people number…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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And those individual criminals should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. But that is not a reason to punish other criminals. Are they in the data? Of course. Are the 100,000 children that died of or young people number one killer of young people in America, ages what, 21 to 45? Fentanyl. Do you include the fentanyl? You mean the people who voluntarily took fentanyl and overdose under that tragic situation? No, those are not homicides, sir. (02:59–03:10)

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Asserts that fentanyl is the leading cause of death for young people aged 21 to 45 in America.

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