LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris stated Sunday that she would “double” Justice Department assets to crack down on cartels and reduce the circulate of fentanyl into the U.S., simply hours after former President Donald Trump repeated his false declare that she desires to legalize the drug.
“As president, I’ll double the assets for the Department of Justice to go after these transnational cartels and take motion to cease the circulate of fentanyl coming into our nation, which is destroying complete communities,” Harris stated in her speech right here.
She made comparable feedback throughout her journey to the southern border in Arizona on Friday.
At a rally Saturday, Trump additionally mentioned fentanyl, baselessly claiming Harris desires to legalize it.
“She’s so radical she even desires to legalize fentanyl immediately,” he instructed a crowd Saturday in Wisconsin, a declare he repeated Sunday earlier than a crowd in Pennsylvania.
More than 100,000 folks died of drug overdoses final 12 months, in line with information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data indicated that almost 70% of the deaths have been associated to artificial opioids, primarily fentanyl.
Trump has lengthy argued {that a} Harris administration would shepherd in chaos on the border, saying at his rally Sunday in Erie, Pennsylvania, that individuals have been “murdered due to her motion on the border and 1000’s extra will comply with in speedy succession” and calling for her to be “impeached and prosecuted for her actions.”
Harris, who not too long ago tried to confront the political vulnerability head-on by visiting the border, highlighted what has develop into a frequent chorus when she talks about immigration, pointing to Trump’s profitable push to crush a bipartisan border deal in Congress in February. She contrasted Trump’s imaginative and prescient along with her objective to enact “complete immigration reform.”
“We should have complete immigration reform with sturdy border safety and an earned pathway to citizenship, together with for hard-working immigrants who’ve been right here for years, together with our Dreamers,” Harris stated.
More than 7,500 folks attended the rally, in line with the Nevada Democratic Party. Sunday’s rally was Harris’ second in Nevada since she launched her presidential bid.
Nnamdi Egwuonwu reported from Las Vegas and Megan Lebowitz from Washington.