Ayotte welcomes Obama’s turn to drug abuse fight

Ayotte welcomes Obama’s turn to drug abuse fight

MANCHESTER, N.H. – When President Barack Obama turned his attention last week to the opioid and heroin overdose epidemic that has ravaged families across the country, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte may well have wondered what took him so long.

In 2014, Ayotte, a Republican, was a co-sponsor in 2014 of a bill that would direct resources to help drug abusers, first responders, law enforcement agencies and addicts in recovery, according to a statement on the freshman senator's website. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which she helped reintroduce last year, passed the Senate 94-1 early last month.

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Trump, exposed

Adam J. MacLeod

For months now, Donald Trump has been posing as a conservative. His posture has fooled a few gullible conservatives, but the vast majority of conservatives have seen through the façade. Those who are committed to the culture of life and fidelity in particular remain opposed to Trump's ridiculous demagoguery.

Trump's mask fell off completely last night when he proclaimed that women who obtain abortions should face "some form of punishment." That is not a pro-life view. That is the sort of bad caricature of a pro-life view that one routinely hears from left liberals who are ignorant about pro-life ideas. Ignorant like Trump.

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