Trump talks up death penalty, border wall in opioid speech
4/2/18
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from Politico,
3/19/18:
President Donald Trump on Monday formally called for using the death penalty to fight the nation’s opioid crisis, overshadowing dozens of other administration proposals that have bipartisan support.
“If we don’t get tougher on drug dealers, we are wasting our time … and that toughness includes the death penalty,” Trump said — one of six times he invoked the death penalty during remarks in New Hampshire, a state hit hard by the addiction crisis.
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