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Trump: "We lose 300 Americans a week..."
Twitter ^ | January 10, 2019 | President Donald J. Trump

Posted on 01/10/2019 9:56:33 PM PST by be-baw

onald J. Trump ‏ Verified account

@realDonaldTrump 3h3 hours ago More We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. These numbers will be DRASTICALLY REDUCED if we have a Wall!


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mygypsyroad; wonttakemehome
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To: BobL

yah, that


21 posted on 01/10/2019 10:59:20 PM PST by SteveH (<)
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To: a fool in paradise

Bummer. Or was it? There are probably worse ways to go.

FWIW, I’m a big Petty fan. I hope he wasn’t in much pain when he died.


22 posted on 01/10/2019 11:08:38 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: be-baw
he sounds like he was in excruciating pain in the time leading up to his death. The OD itself was probably not harsh.

And yet it seems so hard to put convicted criminals (who've been through the appeals process) to death.

Manufacturers of the drugs used to execute prisoners are prohibiting sales to states with the death penalty (apparently they are still OK for euthanasia. just put some fentanyl in their last meal and it could be over.

23 posted on 01/10/2019 11:15:47 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: be-baw

Two old but interesting articles from Texas

(1)report is released that documents how porous the Mexican border is to gangs and the risks to public safety.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Border-surge-harming-crime-fighting-in-other-6099660.php?t=52bd534d4029895b84&cmpid=twitter-premium

(2)rising number of “exotics” or people from countries with terrorist ties caught at Mexican border,

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/01/special-interest-alien-apprehensions-rise-threat-r/


24 posted on 01/10/2019 11:17:40 PM PST by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: be-baw

Trump needs to replace this tweet so that Americans know he’s talking about drug deaths.


25 posted on 01/10/2019 11:55:50 PM PST by Crucial
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To: be-baw

Too much fentanyl getting shipped overseas from China for some fencing at the Mexican border to make a real difference on this. But anything that gets Trump to just declare his SoE and get it built is okay by me.


26 posted on 01/11/2019 4:18:27 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: a fool in paradise

Are they proud that he preformed so injured with pain masked by the drugs?

Common sense would say take the time off to heal injury instead of making it worse. I would guess Petty had ability to take time off, wasn’t living pay check to pay check? And fans would be understanding so, did love of money win out? or just lies of pain meds make him think he was able to work thru worsening hip issue?


27 posted on 01/11/2019 5:11:47 AM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: be-baw

I think it refers to drugs ... Americans killed due to illegal narcotics.

Sometimes his tweets are a bit too brief.


28 posted on 01/11/2019 5:15:26 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BobL
I suspect that he purposely ‘screwed up’ the
Tweet to get it more attention. Now the media is
going to make fun of him for it...while getting his
message out to FAR MORE PEOPLE than he
ever could directly.

29 posted on 01/11/2019 5:19:08 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: a fool in paradise

I knew at least one guy who died of OD. A good friends adult son, who I’d never met recently died. Another friends son survived one a few months ago

The draw of the high is insidious. My county keeps a running annual total on signboards at all police stations.

Eleven days into the year: 5 OD’s, 3 fatalities. Last year the totals were down from 2017, but still almost 200 fatalities.

Restricting supply by a physical barrier and increased tech at the entry points will only help raise the cost and lower the toll.

Victimless crime-yea right. Tell that to my friends youngest son who still cries at the drop of a hat because he misses his brother.


30 posted on 01/11/2019 5:28:35 AM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: b4me

Maybe it was Petty’s ego of marking his “40th anniversary” tour. 41st doesn’t have the same ring to it.


31 posted on 01/11/2019 5:38:05 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: be-baw

Maybe not stated as clearly as we would like but the gist is that the cause of those American deaths is from illegals/drugs coming over the border.


32 posted on 01/11/2019 7:02:16 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: conservative98
OD's are climbing, and it's NOT Intractable Pain Patients driving it, we've basically been Abandon by our SCARED to death docs. Many of us are Complex Patients with multiple Specialist. Yes, that is 2 new words for you to learn. INTRACTABLE PAIN is a Medical Disease IP for Short. Chronic is NOT forever and there for not a Disease that has to be treated. Complex because we have multiple health issues that has to be coordinated medically by Specialist.

BUILD THE FREAKING WALL!

OVER $20 MI since yesterday Ret. SR Airman, USAF Triple Amputee has raised. More News coming. And he is working with several Legislators.

www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

33 posted on 01/11/2019 7:55:54 AM PST by GailA (Wife of RET. SCPO, GET OVER IT, DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT!)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
He’s talking about heroin overdose deaths ! 300 a week!

Those deaths are the result of CHOICES. No sympathy from these quarters. But he's right in that if it's not available they can't make the (stupid) choice to use it.

34 posted on 01/11/2019 8:58:58 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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