IN THE FALL’S MID-TERM
ELECTIONS.
MARTHA?
>> Martha: JOINING ME NOW,
GERALDO RIVERA WHO HAS COVERED
THE DRUG CRISIS OVER DECADES.
IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE,
GERALDO.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TUNNEL.
YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE COVERING AND
UNCOVERING THIS EXTENSIVE WEB OF
THESE TUNNELS.
>> THAT’S ALWAYS BEEN THE
ARGUMENT AGAINST A WALL, MARTHA.
THE DRUG PROFESSIONALS, THE
CARTELS WILL FLY OVER IT, BOAT
AROUND IT OR TUNNEL UNDER IT.
THEY’RE EXPERT TUNNELERS.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY MODEST
TUNNEL THE ONE BETWEEN TIJUANA
AND SAN DIEGO.
IN 2015, I SAW THE TUNNEL THAT
EL CHAPO GUSMAN, THE ONE THAT
ESCAPED THE SUPER MAX.
IT WAS A MILE WRONG.
IT HAD A RAILWAY IN IT.
IT WENT UNDER A RAILROAD.
IT WAS SO PRECISELY NAVIGATED
THAT CAME OUT IN HIS BATHROOM IN
THE ONE CORNER OF HIS CELL THAT
WAS NOT UNDER 24 HOUR
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
THEY’RE AN EXPERT AT IT.
I’LL SAY THIS AS A COUNTER
NARRATIVE.
AS LONG AS AMERICANS ARE WILLING
TO SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
GET THESE ELICIT SUBSTANCES,
THAT’S THE PULL.
THE CARTELS PUSHING AND THE
AMERICANS ARE PULLING.
IT’S ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS.
FENTANYL IS CHANGING THE
DIALOGUE.
107,000 OVERDOSE DEATHS LAST
YEAR ALONE.
107,000 OVERDOSE DEATHS.
THAT IS A MASSIVE AMOUNTS.
THAT IS MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY
AS CAR CRASHES.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
>> Martha: IT’S CLEAR THAT THE
COUNTRY HAS A POISONING PROBLEM
WITH FENTANYL.
IT COMES IN IN LITTLE TRACES IN
A PILL THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
SOMETHING ELSE AND PEOPLE CAN
HAVE ONE OF THEM AND DIE.
I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS IN TO
A LARGER PERSPECTIVE HERE.
WE SAW THE PRESIDENT IN BUFFALO
YESTERDAY.
OBVIOUSLY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE
HORRIFIC KILLING THAT TOOK PLACE
THERE AT TOPS AND TOOK THE LIVES
OF TEN INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT WERE
THERE TRYING TO BUY GROCERIES
AND GUNNED DOWN BY A CRAZIED
YOUNG GUNMAN.
AND HERE’S WHAT HE SAID AT THAT
EVENT YESTERDAY.
>> WHITE SUPREMACY IS A POISON.
IT’S A POISON RUNNING -- IT
REALLY IS.
[APPLAUSE]
RUNNING THROUGH OUR POLITICS.
IT’S BEEN ALLOWED TO FESTER AND
GROW IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.
>> Martha: THERE’S A LOT OF
POISONS TO DEAL WITH.
YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF DEATHS IN INNER
CITIES, IN GANG WARFARE.
WE’VE LOST 150 PEOPLE IN
MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY OVER
THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF
POISON.
FENTANYL IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE
DON’T HEAR A LOT ABOUT FROM THIS
PRESIDENT.
HE CHOSE THIS MOMENT AND I GET
THAT.
THERE’S OTHER THINGS THAT HE
DOES NOT CHOOSE TO TALK ABOUT
THAT ARE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT
IN TERMS OF THE POISONING THAT
IS HAPPENING TO THE AMERICAN
SOUL, AS YOU PUT IT.
>> I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU.
I DON’T LIKE WHAT ABOUTS.
WHAT ABOUT THE --
>> Martha: IT’S NOT WHAT ABOUT.
IT’S AND.
>> IT’S AND.
THIS PRESIDENT IS INCOMPETENT
WHEN IT COMES TO HIS PRIORITIES
FOR -- THIS WHITE SUPREMACIST
MASS MURDER WAS HORRIBLE.
SO ARE THE TWO -- THE KILLING OF
THE TWO PREGNANT LADIES IN
PHILADELPHIA AND THE 33 SHOT IN
CHICAGO.
I GET THAT.
HE NEEDS TO DIRECT HIS RANT TO
SOMETHING LIKE THE 107,000 THAT
OVERDOSED.
FAMILIES -- WE LOST 50,000 IN
VIETNAM.
SO YOU HAVE TWICE VIETNAM NOW
JUST LAST YEAR ALONE BECAUSE OF
FENTANYL.
WE’VE GOT TO STRUCK OUR KIDS --
I TALKED ABOUT THE PULL OF
DEMAND FOR DRUGS.
WE HAVE TO INSTRUCT OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THAT THEY
CAN’T TAKE ANYTHING.
THEY CAN’T -- THEY MUST SUSPECT
EVERYTHING.
THEY CAN’T TAKE ANYTHING AT FACE
VALUE.
WHEN YOU GO TO A STREET DEALER,
A PUSHER AND YOU GET SOMETHING
AND IT SAYS WHATEVER IT SAYS ON
IT, XANAX OR WHATEVER, IT’S NOT.
LOOK AT PRINCE.
YOU HAVE THE MOST AMAZING RICH
CONNECTED PEOPLE MAKING THE
FATAL MISTAKE OF USING ONE OF
THESE POISONS.
THIS IS POISONING.
>> Martha: OBVIOUSLY THE
PRESIDENT IS ONE MAN.
YOU SEE HIM HUGGING THESE
INDIVIDUALS.
I’M GLAD HE WAS THERE FOR THEM.
I’M GLAD THAT HE GAVE THEM THAT
SUPPORT.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT
WITH FAMILIES THAT LOST A CHILD
TO FENTANYL.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WITH
FAMILIES IN OUR CITIES THAT HAVE
LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO HORRIFIC
GUN VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF
URBAN VIOLENCE.
IT’S A HUGE PROBLEM.
YOU CALL AT THIS TIME CIVIL