April 21, 2025 10:34 AM UTC

At Least He's Not Your Mayor, Free Fentanyl Edition

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• by: Colorado Pols

As KTLA-5 Los Angeles reports, it’s the feel-good local politics story of the week:

A Southern California mayor facing a recall effort is coming under fire after his suggestion to ending his city’s homelessness issue was “giving them all the fentanyl they want.”

The comments were made by longtime Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris during a city council meeting on Feb. 25. The comments have surfaced in recent days since he gave an interview to Fox 11 this week, where he doubled down on the sentiment…

“What I want to do is give them free fentanyl,” he said. “That’s what I want to do.”

When asked to repeat what he said, Parris, a Republican, reiterated “I want to give them all the fentanyl they want.”

The recall campaign against longtime Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris reached its signature goal before his morbid comments became national news, and we can all agree that this is the sort of thing one should only say on your way out the door career-wise and preferably never.

So here’s hoping the voters of Lancaster oblige.