Vice presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. JD Vance focused on border security and the fentanyl crisis during his second visit to Arizona, where he held rallies in both Mesa and Phoenix on Wednesday and Thursday.
Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake appeared before Vance at a rally hosted by the conservative Turning Point Action. She also took a firm stance on border security, saying that the ticket of Vance and former President Donald Trump is Arizonan's best chance at restoring a secure border, noting that there have been record amounts of fentanyl coming across the southern border.
Later in the evening, Vance took the stage for an interview with conservative talk show host Charlie Kirk, who said that Arizonans should support former Trump’s policies when it comes to securing the border and rebuilding the wall at the southern border.
“Border security is actually not that hard, it’s simple,” Vance said. “One, empower the border patrol to stop the bad guys when they try to come across. Number two, deport people who come to this country illegally. Number three is don’t let people claim asylum and then bounce around in our country for 12 years awaiting a court date. Make them stay in Mexico if they want to claim asylum.”
Vance also addressed the increasing amounts of fentanyl being recovered at the southern border, sharing a personal story about his mother who suffered from opioid addiction. He said that he believes if she had been able to access fentanyl, she would not be here today and his family would not be “living the American dream.”
“We have American citizens right now who are dying of fentanyl overdoses that the Mexican cartel has brought into our communities,” Vance said. “We have thousands of missing children because Kamala Harris has let the cartels sex traffic minors in our own country.”
