LAS VEGAS – Vice President Kamala Harris said Sunday that former President Donald Trump would “double down” on Justice Department resources to stem the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. drug.
“As president, I will double the resources of the Department of Justice to go after these transnational cartels and take action to stop the flow of fentanyl into our country that is destroying entire communities,” Harris said in a speech here.
He made similar comments during a visit to Arizona’s southern border on Friday.
At a rally on Saturday, Trump also talked about fentanyl, claiming, without justification, that Harris wanted to legalize it.
“He’s so radical that he even wants to legalize fentanyl right away,” he told a crowd in Wisconsin on Saturday, a claim he repeated to a crowd in Pennsylvania on Sunday.
more than 100,000 people He died of a drug overdose last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data show that approximately 70% of deaths are related to synthetic opioids, mainly fentanyl.
Trump has long argued that the Harris administration would shepherd chaos at the border, saying at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania on Sunday that people “have been killed because of his actions at the border and thousands more will follow.” calling for his “impeachment and prosecution”. for his actions.”
Harris, who recently tried to resist political weakness visits the borderpointed to Trump’s successful push to crack down, highlighting what often turns into a refrain when talking about immigration. bilateral border agreement in Congress in February. He compared Trump’s vision to his goal of “comprehensive immigration reform.”
“With strong border security, there must be a path to comprehensive immigration reform and citizenship, including a path to citizenship for hard-working immigrants who have been here for years, including our Dreamers,” Harris said.
According to the Nevada Democratic Party, more than 7,500 people attended the rally. Sunday’s rally was the second in Nevada since Harris ran for president.
Nnamdi Egwuonwu reported from Las Vegas and Megan Lebowitz from Washington.