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A new fact check article by the Austin American-Statesman is the latest in a string of analyses that call out Republicans’ lies and disinformation over the fentanyl crisis and the GOP’s attempt to link that issue to their charges of “open borders.” Key excerpts from the piece, titled “Fentanyl...
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David Bier and Jeffrey Singer of the Cato Institute Pushback Against False Fentanyl/Border Narrative in GOP Attacks Washington, DC – Republicans’ relentless political fear mongering and lies about the border includes a heavy focus on fentanyl and attempts to blame opioid-related overdose deaths on so-called “open border.” As America’s...
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Washington, DC – Heading into the final stretch of the midterm election cycle, Republicans are pushing a plainly false narrative about fentanyl and the staggering rise of opioid-related overdose deaths as a core part of their relentless fearmongering and lies about the border and to redirect focus away from...
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Washington, DC – Republicans have spent millions of dollars in hundreds of political ads going on the attack over fentanyl issues as part of their relentless fearmongering and falsehoods around the border and immigrants. Yet, as many are pointing out recently, the GOP claims and attacks get the facts...
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Sep 27, 2022
Washington, DC – Nevada Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt’s new joint ad with the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) attacking Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto over “dismantling border security” relies on a host of lies frequently repeated by the GOP, including around the issue of “lethal opioids” like fentanyl...
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GOP Lies on “Open Borders” and Fentanyl Revealed Washington, DC – Heading towards the midterm elections, Republicans continue to beat their nativist drum about the alleged deadly fentanyl trafficked by migrants through Joe Biden’s “open border.” While Fentanyl is indeed a deadly serious matter facing the country, the problem...
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NRSC ad in Nevada Senate race shows divide and distract, rather than unite and solve, form GOP campaign tactics Washington, DC – Republicans are once again using divisive scare tactics and lies around the opioid crisis to try to attack Democrats and distract from the extremism of GOP candidates...
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Washington, DC – Republican candidates are cynically trying to turn the opioid crisis and the urgent problem of fentanyl-induced overdose deaths into a nativist political attack. The issues around fentanyl and the opioid crisis are expansive and multi-dimensional: It is a healthcare issue, an international trade issue, a corporate...
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Washington D.C. – The issues around fentanyl and the opioid crisis are expansive and multi-dimensional: It is a healthcare issue, an international trade issue, a corporate accountability issue, and a criminal syndicate issue. But, the one thing it is not is an immigration issue. Unfortunately, that is exactly where...
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“When it comes to drugs and fentanyl, the GOP is letting the carnage and scourge of drugs continue unabated, while opposing concrete measures to address opioid deaths.” Washington, DC – Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) released a new ad yesterday that underscores how...
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