Mother who lost son to fentanyl poisoning says 'Joe Biden does nothing' for drug epidemic

Anne Fundner, who lost her 15-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning, said the Biden administration "does nothing" to aid the raging drug epidemic or border crisis during Day 2 of the Republican National Convention.

"I hold Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the border czar – what a joke  – and Gavin Newsom and every Democrat who supports open borders responsible for the death of my son," Fundner said, prompting a standing ovation and loud cheers from the crowd.

She added: "For that alone, they should be voted out of office," to which the crowd began chanting "Joe must go!"

Fundner, whose son Weston died on Feb. 27, 2022, invoked a lot of emotion from the crowd during her speech, which focused on the importance of securing the border and stopping the flow of fentanyl into the United States.

"We need a president who will seal the border, aggressively prosecute drug dealers, and stop communist China from poisoning our children," she said. "This is not a red or blue issue, this is a red, white and blue issue."

According to a May report from the CDC, approximately 74,702 Americans died of an overdose involving synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, in 2023.

"We owe it to our children to elect a president who will win the war against fentanyl once and for all," she concluded.