The new war on drugs, I'm sure this time it will be far more successful.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-called-law ... 16858.htmlTrump called on lawmakers to institute the 'death penalty for drug dealers' despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs
Kelsey Vlamis - September 4, 2022
During a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, former President Donald Trump called for drug dealers to receive the death penalty, despite having pardoned several people convicted of selling drugs before he left office.
- Trump spoke at a rally Saturday for the first time since the August 8 search at Mar-a-Lago.
- Trump said he was calling on lawmakers to institute capital punishment for drug dealers.
- But before leaving office, Trump pardoned numerous people who were convicted for selling drugs.
"Under Democrat control the streets of our great cities are drenched in the blood of innocent victims," Trump said, adding that drug dealers were responsible for killing hundreds of people every year.
It's unclear where the numbers Trump cited came from.
"Every drug dealer is responsible and that doesn't include what they've done to families of people that haven't died, but families that are just devastated by what happened to their children and to themselves," he said.
Trump then said he was calling for drug dealers to receive capital punishment, which he claimed would "reduce drug distribution in our country on day one by 75%" and "save millions of lives."
"We would solve that problem so fast and I'm calling on Republicans and Democrats immediately to institute, to get to Washington and institute the death penalty for drug dealers. You will no longer have a problem," he said.