On 8/31/2022 Biden’s Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre smirked when asked about life expectancy decline driven by drug overdoses, during the White House press briefing. She has nothing to say about Americans dying from smuggled Fentanyl across Open Border.
On 8/30/2022, Biden brought up the opioid epidemic at a time when fentanyl smuggling across the border is surging, during his remarks in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
On 8/29/2022, during White House press conference, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy repeatedly pressed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “life expectancies are going down at a rate not seen in a century, and part of that is being driven by drug overdoses. So what is the President going to do to stop it?”
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: And we have — we agree. We agree. We see those some — same numbers as well.
But the fact that we’re — you know, we are securing the border. The fact that we are securing record levels of funding from DHS so they can stop illicit drugs from entering into the country. The fact that it’s not just drug traffickers that we’re dealing with as well; we’re stopping — stopping financiers. This is what’s happening with this — under this administration.
Look —
Doocy: But it’s not —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: But, look —
Doocy: — being stopped. Three hundred overdoses. This has been designed to target —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I —
Doocy: — children. Drug cartels in Mexico —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I hear you.
Doocy: — want to kill American kids. What is this President doing about it?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I hear you. I just — I just laid out: 200 percent of — increase of drug, fentanyl seizures. That is a dangerous drug that we are taking off the street. We are going to continue to focus. This is an important, important priority for this President.
And I just want to talk about how you’re saying that they’re — you know, they’re just — the border, right? And how the border — whatever you just stated — I just want to clear this up. Migrants who —
Doocy: People are coming in. Fentanyl is coming in. People are dying.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hold — hold on. So migrant — migrants who attempted to enter the country illegal — illegally are taken into custody by Border Patrol agents. That is how it works. That is the process that we are taking. They are then either expelled by the court order under Title 42, transferred to ICE custody, or monitored through Alternatives to Detention Program as they await further processing.
We have made 3,000 arrests in the first three months of launching an aggressive campaign to combat the multi-billion-dollar human smuggling industry.
When it comes to — when it comes to what’s happening with drug overdose: This is something that the President cares about. This is something that the President has laid out a plan to make sure that our kids; our babies; our, you know, young Americans here in this country are not continuing to suffer from that, are not continuing to be given — or access to drugs. This is something that’s incredibly important to this President.
So to say that we’re not doing enough, Peter, is just falsely, categorically wrong, especially on a day that we are observing what needs to be done. And — and we have announced — DHS has announced $80 million to prevent that. So we are doing the work.
And here’s the thing, Peter, if — look, if Republicans want to help us stop overdose and stop our kids getting overdose because of these dangerous drugs, because of these fentanyl that we’re seeing in the streets, we’re happy to work with them. But they’re not.
I’m moving on, Peter.
Doocy: There’s a big problem now that “rainbow fentanyl,” which is designed to target children, has been found in 18 states. What specifically is the President doing about this?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, we just talked about the day — the Overdose Awareness Day that — that we are observing today. I just laid out what the Second Gentleman and others are doing with — within this administration. And, you know, we are going to continue to focus on the steps that we’re taking, that we have taken ..
Doocy: But 300 overdoses a day now. We know how the fentanyl is coming into the country; it’s coming right across the southern border. The DEA administrator says so. So when is the President going to do something more to stop this?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, I will say that we have seen a 200 percent increase of fentanyl seizures, which means that we are — we are doing the job of catching drug traffickers. Two hundred percent — hold on — two hundred percent increase —
Doocy: But Americans’ —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — just, again, seizures.
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