US press secretary declares "tens of millions of Americans" have died from "illegal fentanyl" overdoses in tariff announcement press conference

CNN article regarding announcement of tariffs:

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tariff-presidency-news-02-01-25/index.html ("live" article, ref heading "Trump signs new tariffs on 3 biggest US trade partners")

"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previewed the tariffs during a Friday briefing for reporters — saying they would amount to a 25% duty on Mexico and Canada and a 10% tariff on China “for illegal fentanyl they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans.”

I have just about had it. The press secretary for the United States of America just claimed "illegal fentanyl" has killed about as many people as TWO HOLOCAUSTS. "Tens of millions" is at least 20 million. So, how many people has it actually killed? See for yourself, but it's off by about a factor of 50x.

https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/images/fig2-2024.jpg

This is blatant, explicit dissemination of WILDLY false public health information like I've never seen before in my lifetime.