Nikki Haley Calls for Sanctioning China Over Fentanyl Crisis
Republican presidential candidate and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, in a CNN town hall, called for the United States to sanction China over its role in the fentanyl crisis in America.
“Most of the fentanyl that comes into this country illegally from Mexico—a lot of it from Chinese supplies to Mexico—comes through ports of entry and it’s smuggled by American citizens,” said CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who moderated the June 4 event.
“The immigration crisis notwithstanding, the fentanyl crisis is about 90 percent … if it’s irrelevant to that, what would you…”
“Which is why you sanction China immediately,” Haley said. “China knows what they’re doing. Sanction them. There’s nothing that they dislike more than when we hit their wallets. And you sanction them and you let them know that we’re on to them.”…