Ohio Republicans say secure border will curb overdoses, but drug crisis is complicated – By Haley BeMiller (The Columbus Dispatch) / April 12, 2022
Before making his case for a secure southern border, J.D. Vance began his first U.S. Senate campaign ad with a blunt question: “Are you racist?”
State Sen. Matt Dolan used a pencil in another ad to illustrate the small amount of fentanyl that can kill a person.
Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates and elected officials have sounded the alarm over the U.S.-Mexico border as the state contends with addiction, overdose deaths and large seizures of drugs. They say a wall, coupled with more agents to patrol the border and comb through shipments, will keep drugs from reaching Ohio.
The issue is a key talking point for the GOP in this year’s elections, with most Republicans placing the blame on President Joe Biden
