Trump Goes Full Duterte. Suggests Death Penalty for Drug Dealers

Or, you could maybe try reading the article.

Conway took the time to clarify Trump’s stance on drug control, telling Swan that when Trump praises the merits of the death penalty, the president is referring solely to dealers who are killing thousands of people. His point, she explained, is that while some states execute criminals for killing one person, a dealer who brings a minute amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl is treated far less harshly. It’s the impunity to which Trump objects—not only does he want to execute big-time dealers, he’s also advocating harsher punishment for all drug dealing, and may back legislation requiring a five-year mandatory minimum sentence for traffickers who deal as little as two grams of fentanyl. (“The president makes a distinction between those that are languishing in prison for low-level drug offenses and the kingpins hauling thousands of lethal doses of fentanyl into communities, that are responsible for many casualties in a single weekend,” Conway said.)

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