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Being very polite and trying to deal with some consensus. that being said, i do think that the fentanyl issue which got a lot of deserved attention is one that i think is going to be weaponized. i mean, it is great if the congress is going to try and figure out additional tools that can be used to protect americans, but i think that will be something that is viewed as a problem with porous borders because you dont just have illegal aliens coming in, republicans will say, but you also have this d...

States deal with red flag laws so that people who have been subject to a court order barring them from obtaining a gun, we would be able to get those kind of systems provided, and weve already given out grants in both of those areas. >> senator graham basically challenged me, and i accept the challenge to show as much concern about the gun deaths, show as much concern about fentanyl deaths in this country, and i want to do that. he noted, i believe, correct me if im wrong, that the number one ca...

Violence intervention and for helping states deal with red flag laws so that people who have been subject to a court order barring them from obtaining a gun we would be able to get those kind of systems provided and weve already given out grants in both of those areas. >> senator graham basically challenged me, and i accept the challenge to show as much concern about the gun deaths and show as much concern about fentanyl deaths in this country, and i want to do that. he noted, i believe, and cor...

Performance on national security opioid epidemic, immigration and you see the upside down numbers there the issue at the border and fentanyl seems to be grabbing a lot more people, jeff. >> you know, we were talking earlier about some of the issues that will be big in the campaign, china being one of them. these will clearly be big ones as well. we know president trump will talk about, former president trump will talk about immigration and the border. fentanyl is an issue that both sides are tal...

Areas. >> senator graham basically challenged me and i accept the challenge to show as much concern about the gun deaths and fentanyl deaths in this country. i want to do that. he noted, i believe, correct me if im wrong, the number one cause of death people 18 to 45 is drug overdose. i dont know if its fentanyl specifically but drug overdose. i know that reality. the number one cause of death to children under the age of 18 is gun violence in america, too. we can do both. we must do both. lets ...

Criminals accountable. but also legislators, both at the local and state level, making it very difficult for them to do their jobs. so we just have to make sure that when we look work to make systems more bare, we dont do away with the tools that we need in order to keep our public safe completely. >> district attorney jenkins lets talk for a moment if you will about repeat offenders. and judges perhaps letting them back out on the streets much earlier than prosecutors suggest they should with s...

Trying to sound like hes tough on the border? >> he did not sound like he is tough on the border. four lines on the border, four lines and one line talking about amnesty, not seeing leadership here. they arrested 8000 traffickers, seen 8000 people cross in texas per day. per day. they doesnt mention the cartels. that could be bipartisan. it is a national security threat. he had the nerve to mention fentanyl issue not tie it to cartel and chinese suppliers. we have two cartels that are responsibl...

Ken, what did he tell you about it and how is snapchat responding? >> matthew burgman has set up a law practice to sue snapchat and other social media companies, but in particular on this fentanyl issue. he says its only snapchat. under a product liability theory. what hes arguing is that snapchat is putting out a harmful and defective product, the disappearing message feature are designed to shield a childs activity from parents, law enforcement and empowering drug dealers. >> this relates to a...

Between now and then. i guarantee you it is hardball and its hardball directly at this president and directly at this administration. i think that cooler heads can prevail about how we peel back that onion. and there would be room to understand, if we could get a solid agreement on a border, we could certainly do something about this fentanyl issue. we could do something about all the cities, hundreds of cities in this country are having problems directly because of the democratic party. this ne...

I did not. did the national party support you? did you have trouble raising money? >> no, we are doing much better with fund-raising. my opponent they are throwing everything at us. lying. false attack ads. i am so excited. i am gaining more and more supporters every day on my website. we will take this seat back. its been 20 years since a republican represented connecticut down in washington. folks are excited. we have the momentum going. they keep trying to distract us. i keep focus on afforda...