In what can only be described as a masterclass in political storytelling, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi took to social media to declare that President Trump’s first 100 days “saved over 119 million lives” by seizing 22 million fentanyl-laced pills. Yes, you read that right—Bondi claims that in just three months, the Trump administration managed to save over a third of America’s population from the deadly clutches of fentanyl. Because nothing says “trust the science” like a wild, fact-free number thrown into the political mix.
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