Now 5 days & no response from @NickKristof about data underlying his assertion that alcohol deaths "rose" in 2018. I'm starting to suspect it…doesn't exist. If they didn't rise, it looks like "deaths of despair" DECLINED in 2018 under Trump-which his column should've mentioned. https://t.co/X202jPzZx6

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 13, 2020

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