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"I nearly lost my mother to the poison coming across our border“ sure sounds like lying to me. There’s clear omission of key facts leading people to the wrong conclusion.
It would have been clearer to say "I nearly lost my mother to the sort of poison that is now coming across our border," but he's recording an ad and he needs to be concise. I would agree that he was being misleading if he was trying to use his mother's addition as evidence that opiates are being smuggled from Mexico, but he isn't. (It is a widely acknowledged fact that a lot of opiates are smuggled in from Mexico.) Therefore even if some listeners do assume that his mother was addicted specifically to Mexican opiates, that doesn't substantially affect their understanding of what he's saying.
Are you auditioning for the Olympic Mental Gymnastics team or something? He lied. The end.
Yes it would’ve been clearer but that’s not what he said, he almost lost her to the poison that IS coming over the border (emphasis is mine). That is a lie.
Then you shouldn't have any trouble providing a citation or two? Otherwise, this is as weak as it gets...
Here's an excerpt from what the DEA is saying:
Source. Warning, it's a long PDF.
I'm sorry, I don't see opiates mentioned. Also, DEA is a questionable source at best. Their job is to create the war on drugs, not end it
This is Biden's DEA and if you check the pdf, you'll see that they're talking specifically about fentanyl.
Oh, my bad, I forgot Biden started the DEA, and no, I'm not going to be fucked to read it
Why are you defending a fascist liar who intentionally lied? Lol like adding a word was too much, he just didn't have time!
You are going to get all sorts of shit defending a liar. One can only guess why you're doing it. Hmmm, I wonder
What, am I a Russian agent? A Republican? JD Vance himself?
You didn't answer the question. Why are you defending an extremely obvious intentional lie?
*crickets chirping*
It would have been clearer. But he didn't word it that way. He worded it VERY VERY specifically to direct racial hatred at "dirty druggie Mexicans" using the most textbook of textbook definitions of lying.
Take them at face value when they are explicitly saying what they mean. This guy is a raging racist prick.
Its not widely accepted..back when his mother was addicted to opiates it was likely "China white" in that area of the country; likely imported from the middle east / asia. Heroin coming from mexico has historically been the "black tar" variety.
Thats if she was taking heroin. If it was Rx opiates she didn't need to go further than her pain doctor back then. The rules have changed a lot over the years but 10 years ago she would have been able to get those filled by her provider.
It was Rx opiates, ones she was stealing from her patients.
Thanks for context, I could not be bothered to research anything about this guy. Glad his mom found recovery but the specifics here make it even more ridiculous how he is tying his moms substance use issues to the proverbial boogeymen south of the border.
It's not exclusive. One probably led to the other.
Let me know how cartel fentanyl got into our medical supply and then I'll be concerned. Til then, go defend fascists somewhere else.
I don't give a single fuck about fascists. I care about fucking addicts. Pretending she only took prescriptions she stole and never interacted with anything else is absurd.
Don't lose your humanity to shit on a fascist.
I'm not losing my humanity, it's an integral part of shitting on fascists. This fuck head's solution to the fentanyl crisis is to kick out and lock out immigrants. The vast majority of people caught smuggling fentanyl are US citizens. Explain how stirring racist tensions is gonna fix that.
That solution is both useless and insane. Also horrendous. Not gonna defend that.
We don't need to misunderstand addiction and how opiate addicts work to stunt on cunts.