America’s Chinese Fentanyl Flood

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) (C) and Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) at a hearing on China accountability for fentanyl production in Washington on Sept. 6, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Commentary

Foreigners have been buying—or at least renting—America’s ruling class since the republic was founded. Almost exactly 225 years ago, in his 1796 Farewell Address, George Washington warned against “the insidious wiles of foreign influence,” adding that “foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.”