FIRST ON FOX: Republican attorneys general are calling for action on what they are warning is a 'fentanyl scourge' from China and Mexico – warning that it marks a 'grave and rising threat' against the American people.
"But in the face of this evolving and significant problem, the federal government has seemed content to stand by," the officials say in the letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken."We therefore write to insist on a fulsome and urgent response to this escalating plague killing our people every day."
They argue that one of the responses is to increase pressure on China and Mexico, who they say are not doing enough to combat the problem -- and urge Blinken to"take immediate steps to stem the fentanyl scourge" coming from the two countries.
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