JD Vance past remarks on the southern border, immigration and fentanyl

In late October 2022, shortly before JD Vance won the Senate race in Ohio, he joined Fox News' Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino to discuss border security and how illegal immigration effects Ohioans.

When asked about the issues important to Ohio voters, Hemmer noted that immigration was the fourth major concern to constituents, below abortion, inflation and the economy and threats to democracy.

However, at the time, Vance was challenging President Joe Biden to continue building the wall former President Donald Trump started during his presidency.

"It's really important to focus in Ohio, Bill, because the southern border is the way that the fentanyl that's coming into the state of Ohio kills a lot of our citizens," Vance said. "So, were actually the third state overall when it comes to fentanyl deaths."

In 2021, there were 5,174 unintentional drug overdose deaths in Ohio and, in 2022, there were 4,915, which was a 5% decline in overdose deaths from the year prior, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

"Certainly, the economy and inflation are top of mind for a lot of voters, but people also want their communities to be safe. They want their children to be safe from this poison that the cartel's are bringing in. We're hamming both of those issues," Vance added. "Unfortunately, Joe Biden and my democratic opponent Tim Ryan, who votes with Biden 100 percent of the time, they've been big, big failures on the border issues and especially when it comes to inflation, the economy and of course jobs."

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