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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMrs. Betty Bowers: JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans."
REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.
JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans."
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-10-05T00:05:00.246Z
REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.


surfered
(9,610 posts)AZJonnie
(1,756 posts)If, for example, she happened to OD after taking drugs she got on "the street", the statement could be true.
It is CERTAINLY a lie to say that "Mexicans" were responsible for her addiction (which is one reading of his words, but not the only one). She already admitted she got hooked on opioids after starting on Rx'd pain pills, and then began stealing from hospitals where she worked, and then was eventually fired and lost her license. BUT she also said that did not stop her using. Ergo, it logically follows that it is possible (likely, in my experience) she was procuring drugs on the streets afterward.
These assholes are pretty good at CONVEYING lies without them being demonstrable, proven lies. They use weasel words like these ALL THE TIME
sop
(16,320 posts)Mom wasn't responsible, she was a victim.
Marthe48
(22,008 posts)n/t
maxsolomon
(37,486 posts)All Mexicans don't deserve the blame for those that supplied a demand from American users.
JoseBalow
(8,565 posts)
soldierant
(9,001 posts)have (or did have) relatives who were killed (or almost killed) between 1943 and 1945 by blond white men.
TygrBright
(21,222 posts)AverageOldGuy
(3,036 posts)BurnDoubt
(1,091 posts)11 Bravo
(24,211 posts)
GreenWave
(11,747 posts)Bowman, as in he will bow to his boss.
thomski64
(771 posts)Davenport...
paleotn
(20,978 posts)He's proof that piles of shit sometimes fail upwards.
IbogaProject
(5,109 posts)Are all prone to lying, cheating, stealing and worse.
mgardener
(2,187 posts)She Got The Drugs.
They were not forced on her.