Trump Flip-Flops On Drugs

DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS
TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC WHEN HE WAS
CAMPAIGNING.
ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HE BROUGHT
UP THE ISSUE AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ENSURE WE HAD A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO TAKE
CARE OF THEM.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A FUN MONTAGE THE WASHINGTON POST
PUT TOGETHER OF THESE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES.
DRUG ABUSE HAS BECOME A CRIPPLING PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES.
DRUG OVERDOSES ARE NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF
ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN OUR COUNTRY, AND OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE
NEARLY QUADRUPLED SINCE 1999.
THIS IS A TOTAL EPIDEMIC.
WE
WILL FIGHT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT TO BATTLE
THE ADDICTION TO DRUGS WHICH IS AFFLICTING OUR NATION LIKE
NEVER, EVER BEFORE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE RUTHLESS IN THAT FIGHT, WE
HAVE NO CHOICE.
THE HEROINE IS REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE THEY SAY ONCE YOU
GET HOOKED IT'S REALLY TOUGH, IN ALL FAIRNESS TO YOUR SON,
IT IS A TOUGH THING.
SOME VERY VERY STRONG PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET
OFF IT.
SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GET OFF IT.
WE WILL BATTLE IT ON TWO FRONTS, WE WILL DO THE CLINICS,
AND DO THEM LOCALLY SO THEY ARE LOCALLY BASED ON RUN.
THAT IS
NOT SO DIFFERENT THAN THE EDUCATION.
WE WANT TO LOCALLY
BASED ON RUN.IN THE MEANTIME PEOPLE ARE HOOKED.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS WITH HEROINE, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A REALLY TOUGH
ONE TO GET AWAY FROM.
BUT IT CAN BE DONE, AND WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE
PEOPLE.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE CLAIMED THAT HE CARED SO MUCH
BECAUSE AS THE SENATE WAS DRAFTING ITS REPLACEMENT PLAN
FOR OBAMA CARE IS REPEALED, THEY OF COURSE CUT A TON OF FUNDING
THAT WOULD GO TOWARD HELPING THOSE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO
PAINKILLERS OR HEROINE.
AS A RESULT THERE WERE SOME MORE
MODERATE REPUBLICANS THAT SAID THEY WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT
BECAUSE THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS ARE SUFFERING AS A RESULT.
SO
WHAT IS THE RESPONSE?
IT TURNS OUT THOSE ON THE FAR RIGHT ARE
TRYING TO SWEETEN THE DEAL FOR MODERATE REPUBLICANS BY
INCREASING FUNDING FOR OPIOID VICTIMS.
THE WAY IT IS GOING
DOWN SHOULD HAVE YOU CONCERNED.
NOW THEY ARE PLANNING ON
INCREASING THE $2 BILLION BY AN ADDITIONAL 45 BILLION.
NOT
BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LOOKING OUT FOR AMERICANS, THEY
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MODERATE REPUBLICANS SIGN ON TO THIS.
BUT
EVEN MODERATE REPUBLICANS ARE ROLLING THEIR EYES AND SAYING
THIS ISN'T ENOUGH.
YOU GUYS KNOW SENATE REPUBLICANS WANT TO CUT
MEDICAID.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF SLUSH FUND,
IT'S ABOUT HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AND
PLAN IN PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE.
EXACTLY, IT IS A POLICY.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED, TO BE TACTICAL ABOUT HOW
THAT MONEY IS SPENT AND WHERE.
THIS IS JUST A BUY OFF.
AND AWAY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LISTEN TO
THE SENATORS.
HEARING
THEM CRITICIZE THIS, JOHN CASEY K SPENT THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN
TALKING ABOUT OPIOID ADDICTION AND THE PROBLEM IN THAT STATE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME INTO THE STATE TO DO THAT, IT IS A DROP
IN THE BUCKET.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE NETWORKED
TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT GOES TO WHAT
ANA WAS SAYING ABOUT THE BAND-AID ON THE GUNSHOT WOUND.
I
WAS GOING TO GO WITH SHARK BITE.
THAT WORKS.
IT'S EMBARRASSING AND THIS POINT HAS TO BE MADE FOR
SENATORS WHO FALL FOR IT.
IF THE WHITE HOUSE THINKS THEY ARE
GOING TO GET SOMEWHERE WITH THIS THEN YOU ARE A FOOL AND YOU BUY
INTO THIS CRAP.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE
IMPLEMENTED AS JUST MONEY.
I THINK YOU COULD LISTEN TO THE
WHITE HOUSE AND THEY SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT, YOU CAN
LISTEN TO THE SENATORS, BUT YOU ARE A FOOLISH SENATOR IF YOU
FALL FOR THIS AND IF THIS CHANGES YOUR VOTE.
IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC ñ
THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICS BEING PLAYED AND NOT A LOT OF
CONCERN FOR THESE ISSUES IN A SUBSTANTIVE WAY.
SOME OF THE MORE MODERATE REPUBLICANS, I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY ARE MODERATE BECAUSE OF THEIR PRINCIPLES ARE WHAT THEY
BELIEVE OR IF THEY ARE MODERATE BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
I
THINK THE MOST POWERFUL THING THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE STORY
IS THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT THESE CONSTITUENTS HAVE HAD.
I
KNOW CAPITO WAS CONFRONTED BY A WOMAN WHO WANTS TO PROTECT THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HER TERMINALLY ILL
DAUGHTER AND HOW GREAT THE ACA IS NOT VOICING YOUR CONCERN DOES
MOVE THESE POLITICIANS AND CONVINCES THEM THAT MAY BE NOT
LISTENING TO YOUR DONORS AND LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE
FOR YOU MATTERS.
WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHETHER OR
NOT IT'S GOING TO BE A POLITICAL CALCULATION BY THESE MODERATE
REPUBLICANS.
IF THEY GO AHEAD AND SAY WE FIND AND GOT THAT
EXTRA 45 BILLION, WHO KNOWS, SOME MIGHT BE FULL BY THAT.
SOME
OF THE CONSTITUENTS MIGHT BE TRICKED INTO THINKING THAT IS
GOOD ENOUGH.
BUT IT IS NOT, YOU DO NEED A COMPETENCE OF STRATEGY
WHICH BY THE WAY NO ONE TALKS ABOUT AT ALL.
NEITHER
REPUBLICANS NOR DEMOCRATS.
YOU ALSO NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO
REGULATE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND ENSURE THAT THEY
CAN'T ENCOURAGE OR PERSUADE DOCTORS TO OVER PRESCRIBE HIGHLY
ADDICTIVE DRUGS.
THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.
YEAH, THESE ARE PRESCRIPTIONS.
BY NOW HAS BEEN PLENTY WRITTEN
ABOUT HOW THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY IS HELPING TO SUPPORT THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC.
THEY ARE FED THROUGH THAT WHOLE PHARMACEUTICAL,
MEDICAL INDUSTRY.
DECODING THIS IS NOT HARD.
DEFANGING IT IS MUCH HARDER.
IT IS A BIG PROBLEM THAT IS IN NEED OF A STRATEGY, NOT
JUST MONEY.
THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY MODERATE PEOPLE.
I THINK YOU
SHOULD MODERATE IF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE MORE MODERATE.
THERE IS NO BITE IN ANY OF THESE PARTS.
HE WAS STILL ñ HER PEDIGREE IS NOT MODERATE, IT IS DIFFERENT.
THE FACT THAT SHE IS COMING AROUND ON THIS DOESN'T MAKE
HER A MODERATE, JUST MODERATING ON THIS ISSUE WHICH IS
IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH.
I JUST WANT TO END THIS STORY WITH A QUICK COMMENT FROM AN
UNNAMED WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL WHO SPOKE.
HE SAID THE FOLLOWING.
I JUST THOUGHT THE WORDING THERE WAS FASCINATING.

Trump Flip-Flops On Drugs

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