Thread: Joni Ernst says China is "intentionally poisoning" Americans amid fentanyl crisis

Top Republican Senator Communist China Is ‘Intentionally Poisoning’ U.S. With Fentanyl

TOP REPUBLICAN SENATOR COMMUNIST CHINA IS ‘INTENTIONALLY POISONING’ U.S. WITH FENTANYL

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Joni Ernst says China is "intentionally poisoning" Americans amid fentanyl crisis

BY CAITLIN YILEK
FEBRUARY 10, 2023 / 8:21 PM / CBS NEWS
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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst accused China of "intentionally poisoning" Americans by not stopping the supply chain networks that produce fentanyl.

"The Chinese are selling these precursor chemicals into Mexico. Then the Mexican cartels are working on making the fentanyl and distributing up into the United States," the Iowa senator told CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge in an interview airing on CBS News streaming network Friday evening.
Ernst, who recently traveled to Mexico and the southern border as part of a congressional delegation — also known as a CODEL — said she believes the flow of the precursor chemicals — the ingredients needed to make fentanyl — into Mexico is happening with the tacit approval of the Chinese Communist Party.
"I think that the Chinese are intentionally poisoning America," she said, saying the assessment is based on briefings that she has received. "And of course, the Chinese don't want to assist us with this."
"When we see an adversary like China poisoning our communities, it's very disconcerting," she added. "So we have to educate the American people. We have to work with our Mexican counterparts to push back against the cartel and the Chinese. We can't continue to lose our youth to this fentanyl epidemic. It is extremely important that we push back."
The Drug Enforcement Administration has called on the Chinese government to crack down on the supply chain networks. U.S. officials say China is the leader in sending precursor chemicals, with many of them ending up in Mexico.

"There's a relationship between these Chinese chemical companies and the criminal cartels in Mexico," DEA administrator Anne Milgram told CBS News last year.
In 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized enough fentanyl to kill every American — more than 50 million fentanyl-laced pills and over 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder.
Most fentanyl is being smuggled into the U.S. along its southern border, though smaller amounts are smuggled via air from China.
Ernst is advocating for harsher penalties for those who supply the drug, and more resources to support Border Patrol agents, including K-9s for detection, as well as cameras.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., called the characterization wrong, adding that the U.S. "must face up to its own problems instead of shifting the blame."

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Top Republican Senator: Communist China Is ‘Intentionally Poisoning’ U.S. With Fentanyl

By Ryan Saavedra
•Feb 11, 2023 DailyWire.com

Source: Bloomberg

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said during an interview Friday that communist China is conducting warfare against the United States by intentionally flooding the U.S. with fentanyl.
Ernst, who serves as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, made the remarks during an interview with CBS News.

“The Chinese are selling these precursor chemicals into Mexico. Then the Mexican cartels are working on making the fentanyl and distributing up into the United States,” Ernst said. “I think that the Chinese are intentionally poisoning America. And of course, the Chinese don’t want to assist us with this.”
“When we see an adversary like China poisoning our communities, it’s very disconcerting,” she added. “So we have to educate the American people. We have to work with our Mexican counterparts to push back against the cartel and the Chinese. We can’t continue to lose our youth to this fentanyl epidemic. It is extremely important that we push back.”
The report noted that the Drug Enforcement Administration’s top official recently told the network that there is a relationship between the Chinese chemical companies and the Mexican drug cartels.

The opioid epidemic in the U.S. started in the late 1990s with the overprescribing of prescription narcotics, CNN reported, and has transitioned into opioid users overdosing at high rates due to the introduction of fentanyl to the illicit drug market.
Fentanyl is responsible for the most drug deaths in the U.S. right now, and it’s commonly found mixed with cocaine, heroin, and fake prescription drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and even Adderall, the report added.
Heroin became more easily available in the U.S. around 2010, the report said, with the introduction of fentanyl to the U.S. black market shortly thereafter which led to an immediate spike in drug deaths.

In 2021, the CDC said more than 106,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S., a 15% increase from the previous year.
“Mexican [drug cartels] will almost certainly have the greatest direct impact on the fentanyl market in the United States for the near future because of these organizations’ increased capacity and capabilities for fentanyl production, adaptations to restrictions on precursor chemicals, and existing drug trafficking infrastructure in the United States,” the DEA’s most recent National Drug Threat Assessment said.
The Mexican drug cartels “use a combination of methods to obtain chemicals used for fentanyl production in Mexico, primarily from sources originating in China, including purchases made on the open market, smuggling chemicals hidden in legitimate commercial shipments, mislabeling shipments to avoid controls and the attention of law enforcement, and diversion from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.”

“Law enforcement seizures in 2019 and 2020 include many chemicals which are uncontrolled in China and Mexico,” the report said. “The emergence of this chemical demonstrates the continued efforts by traffickers in Mexico and China to bypass international precursor chemical controls to continue producing illicit fentanyl.”

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