Former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte has continued her campaign in opposition to the Bay State saying fentanyl has a pipeline into New Hampshire from “Biden’s open border to Massachusetts.”
In launching her bid to be the Granite State’s subsequent governor, the Republican former state lawyer common warned her state was one election away from turning into its closely liberal neighbor. On Thursday, she was extra pointed in her critique.
“Fentanyl is being trafficked from Biden’s open border to Massachusetts and into New Hampshire,” she wrote on Twitter, earlier than sharing virtually a dozen information tales documenting the arrests of Massachusetts residents in New Hampshire on drug-related costs.
During an early week look on “Fox and Friends,” Ayotte stated the lethal artificial opioid is coming into her state by means of the cities of Lowell and Lawrence. Her feedback have been met with a pointy rebuke from officers in Lawrence and Bay State political pundits, one among whom Ayotte says “attacked me as racist for stating the truth.”
According to the New Hampshire Department of Justice, “the (Granite) State is counted amongst the nation’s top five states with the highest rates of opioid-involved deaths. In 2020 the State experienced an opioid overdose death rate of 26.9 per 100,000 in 2020, which was significantly higher than the national average of 21.4 deaths per 100,000.”
Lawrence City Council President Marc Laplante acknowledged there’s a drug drawback in his metropolis, however urged officers in New Hampshire to assist, not simply level fingers.
“The Merrimack Valley (Lawrence/Lowell) is a regional fentanyl hub. Partnerships between state/local/federal agencies need to be fostered and improved to attack the supply AND demand problem. Work with us, NH,” he wrote on Twitter.
The Merrimack Valley (Lawrence/Lowell) is a regional fentanyl hub. Partnerships between state/native/federal companies must be fostered and improved to assault the availability AND demand drawback. Work with us, NH. @EagleTribJill https://t.co/6Ih0XzhG1s
— Marc Laplante (@LaplanteMarc) July 27, 2023
Lowell City Manager Tom Golden Jr., a former state consultant, expressed his disappointment in Ayotte’s assaults on the Mill City.
“I would expect more from a former US Senator. Blaming others for a national problem that she did nothing to solve is not helpful. When she is governor, maybe she can increase the dismal budget for mental health and substance abuse and stop sending them to Massachusetts to solve,” he informed the Herald on Thursday.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”