By Ray Cardello for November 27, 2024, Season 30 / Post 9

Fentanyl is the number one cause of death for young people from 18-49. I challenge you to find one situation where the Biden administration put any pressure on Mexico or China to stop the scourge created by this “Made in China” killer. I’ll be patient waiting, but you will not find one. In the four-year Biden term, we lost about 400,000 Americans killed by a powerful drug that is a killer when not used appropriately. Chinese factories, in other words, the Chinese government, manufactures the pure Fentanyl and ships it to Mexico, where cartels package it into tablets, gummies, candy look-alike pills, or mixes it with other drugs. Just like opening the border to millions of unvented migrants, Biden/Harris had no concern for American safety with the unchecked flow of Fentanyl.

Every life has value and should be protected. The age group impacted by Fentanyl has three key elements that make it unique.

1. People in the 18-49 age group are in the most productive phase of their lives. This is when they can contribute significantly to the workforce and earn the most money.
2. This age group is critical to maintaining our population. It is the reproductive sector and vital to preserving our population. For the last couple of decades, our natural population has been dropping.
3. Our military relies on this age group to maintain our fighting force. Military enlistment has fallen well below goals in all branches except the Marines.

There is no explanation or justification for the Biden administration’s actions on both the border and Fentanyl. The Chinese component can probably be explained by Joe Biden’s alignment with Beijing. He has been afraid to raise any issues with China, whether Fentanyl, theft of intellectual property, spy balloons over the continental United States, human rights violations, or its continued threat to Taiwan. The Mexico situation is different. There is no apparent reason for Biden to go easy on them. But maybe that doesn’t matter. Those two relationships would be more critical if Joe Biden had shown an interest in curbing the drug or border issue.

Texas took many steps over the last four years to fight the illegal immigration situation on its own. They put additional personnel at the border. They put buoys in the Rio Grande to impede crossings, they placed storage containers at the border as a makeshift wall, and they placed concertina wire at the border. Biden either had buoys and wire removed or, in the case of reinforced walls, lifted or removed to allow a smooth flow of humanity. If physical impediments were not removed directly, Biden went to court to legally stop Texas and their efforts. Biden was condoning drugs and trafficking by his actions and lack thereof.

Trump is not yet in office, but these two issues cannot wait until January 20. Kamala Harris, Biden’s Border Czar, never made it to the border until weeks before the election. Trump’s czar, Tom Homan, will meet with Texas Governor Abbott at the border today to begin planning how the federal government can work with Texas to seal the border. There is a new sheriff in town, and if Trump cannot hear from you how to seal the border, then get out of the way.