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The claim that Senator Chuck Schumer wrote the law to blow drug boats out of the water is false. Schumer was a supporter or co-sponsor of the 1986 omnibus Anti-Drug Abuse Act that included the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA).
No — Senator Chuck Schumer did not "write" a law that explicitly authorizes the U.S. government to blow up drug boats, and the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) of 1986 does not contain langua...
Fact‑checkers traced the viral claim back to a short segment from Stinchfield Tonight and a wave of posts on X that circulated on December 17–18, 2025, repeatedly asserting that Senator Chuck Schumer ...
The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) of 1986 was not the solo product of any single congressmember; it was enacted as part of the broad Anti‑Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (H.R. 5484), a large bipart...
The claim that Senator Chuck Schumer "wrote the law to blow drug boats out of the water" is false: Schumer was a supporter or co‑sponsor of the 1986 omnibus Anti‑Drug Abuse Act that included the Marit...