‘You’re a Liar!’: MTG Throws Down With DHS Secretary Over Fentanyl Crisis
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the epidemic of fentanyl deaths in the U.S. Greene took aim at Mayorkas while focusing on the fentanyl smuggled into the…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the epidemic of fentanyl deaths in the U.S.
Greene took aim at Mayorkas while focusing on the fentanyl smuggled into the country.
“China is poisoning America’s children, poisoning our teenagers, poisoning our young people. How long are you going to let this go on?” she asked.
Mayorkas responded, “Congresswoman, let me assure you that we’re not letting it go on. We are fighting this scourge…”
The congresswoman interrupted, “No, I reclaim my time. You’re a liar! You are letting this go on and the numbers prove it.”
“You can’t lie about the facts, Secretary Mayorkas. While you live in denial and sit over there with this attitude that you’re doing every right, you are killing Americans with your policies. And that is a fact. Your policies are killing over 300 Americans a day, over 300, and it’s outrageous,” she added.
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Greene’s comments focused on fentanyl overdoses in the U.S.
The New York Post noted, “The potent synthetic opioid has been linked to about 196,000 U.S. deaths between 2018 and 2021.”
“In the last of those years, the National Institutes of Health reported 70,601 fatal overdoses of non-methadone synthetic opioids — an average of 193 per day, though many fear that average will rise when 2022’s drug death toll is calculated,” it added.