My only daughter is dead. I have suffered the life-altering pain of her loss every single day for the past nine years along with the family members of hundreds of thousands of other victims of this illicit fentanyl crisis after our loved ones were deceived and poisoned to death by fake pills and contaminated recreational drugs.
The southern border is and remains the indisputable main entry point for illicit fentanyl into the United States, as reported by every investigative agency to date. West Virginia has remained among the top five states for illicit fentanyl injuries and deaths since the start of this open drug warfare campaign against the U.S. by China in collaboration with Mexico’s drug cartels, and the state of Virginia is not far behind.
In the last five years, fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States have quadrupled. Deaths tied to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl increased 279 percent from 2016 to 2021. Yet MSNBC anchors think the crisis at our border is the punchline of a joke.
On the evening of Super Tuesday, Jen Psakai, Joy Reid, and Rachel Maddow shared a laugh at the idea that voters in a non-border state like Virginia would list the border and immigration as their top priority.
What makes MSNBC think it’s OK to allow staff or guests to openly laugh at or mock victims and families of this crisis or our concerns about the current national security conditions that contributed to our loved ones’ deaths, sickness, and injuries? What makes it OK to drive a knife into the raw, open, and deep wounds of anyone so deeply and intimately harmed?
Illicit fentanyl analogs are not the same as prescription-grade fentanyl we use clinically. These new forms are chemically altered by adding extra branches to the base fentanyl molecule or by adding chemical replacements during processing to increase potency and duration. None of the illicit fentanyl analogs on the street are fit for use in human beings due to their high potential for lethality.
We are burying infants, toddlers, children, teens, and the non-drug-using public who have never used nor experimented with an illicit drug in their entire lives through accidental ingestion and incidental contact injuries. Millions of Americans have been poisoned into sickness and death through criminal acts of deception with illicit fentanyl hidden in commonly used drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamines, MDMA, marijuana, and heroin. Millions more have been poisoned through counterfeit pills that mimic trademarked pharmaceutical products such as Xanax, Adderall, Percocet, Vicodin, Oxycodone, Oxycontin, and more.
The overwhelming majority of victims, both surviving and dead, did not know illicit fentanyl was present in what they consumed. They did not “overdose” because they were poisoned. Any time a person hides or disguises a harmful substance for another to consume without knowledge or intent, it is poisoning by its very definition.
Anyone who has lost a child or loved one to this illicit fentanyl crisis understands that our southern border is the indisputable main entry point for illicit fentanyl. It is present in every city, county, and state, but it all comes into our country the same way.
Hundreds of thousands of fentanyl orphans have been created, children permanently traumatized by the loss or severe sickness of one or both parents. And millions of grieving family members are trying to survive the losses of our children and loved ones. Grieving mothers and fathers commit suicide because they cannot live with the extreme pain of child loss.
As political pundits continue to insult, mock, and treat the negatively affected victims and family members of this illicit fentanyl crisis so egregiously, I would like to remind them of two very important things: We are a vast part of MSNBC’s potential consumer base, and we vote.
This utterly reprehensible conduct has guaranteed that I, as a former 33-year lifetime Democrat, now independent, cannot support the Democrat Party any longer or as long as it remains the party of open borders.
The victims and hurt families deserve so much better than this, and you have failed to deliver even the most basic levels of human compassion for years. That is unforgivable.
