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Kash Patel tells senators US drug deaths, homicides and rapes should be cut in half
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0:32Now PlayingFBI director nominee Kash Patel told lawmakers during his Thursday confirmation hearing that the number of US drug deaths, homicides and rapes should be halved — while brushing off Democratic critics by saying that “ticking off some people” was evidence of a job well done.
The Long Island native pledged to “make sure we don’t have 100,000 rapes in this country next year, make sure we don’t have 100,000 drug overdoses from Chinese fentanyl and Mexican heroin, and make sure we don’t have 17,000 homicides.”
Patel, 44, said “those numbers need to be cut in half immediately, and the public will regain trust in the FBI and law enforcement.”
The nominee largely avoided taking the bait of political opponents on the Senate Judiciary Committee, while making a candid assessment of his foes to Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.)
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