US EditionPam Bondi deletes post that accidentally praised Joe Biden
Pam Bondi deleted a post after sharing a National Institutes of Health chart showing a 24% drop in U.S. overdose deaths during Biden's administration through Oct 2024.
- On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Pam Bondi deleted a social-media post after sharing a chart showing overdose deaths fell during the Biden administration; a screenshot of deleted tweet remains available.
- Bondi framed the post to praise the Trump administration's efforts, writing `Since day one, the Trump administration and this Department of Justice have been fighting to end the drug epidemic in our country,` and citing border closures, DOJ seizures, and previous Bondi claims about enforcement results.
- The NIH chart shows a national overdose-death rate from around 32.5 to 25, with declines across all U.S. regions between October 2023 and October 2024, according to the NIH.
- Left-Leaning social accounts amplified screengrabs mocking Bondi for crediting the wrong period, and Newsweek contacted the Department of Justice for comment after the post circulated online.
- The CDC's fiscal-year figures show a 24% decline for fiscal year 2024, estimating 87,000 overdose deaths and about 55,000 synthetic opioid deaths, while additional data beyond October 2024 are not yet available.
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