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Beth Van Duyne: “The state of Texas had to come in and spend $11 billion of…”

Featuring: Beth Van Duyne, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 24

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Published | Video Starts at 06:31

And the Biden administration was picking and choosing whatever they thought was politically expedient and would help them stay in power. What laws they were going to enforce. As a result, The state of Texas had to come in and spend $11 billion of state income, of state taxes to be able to try to protect its borders along with the U.S. border. And what we saw was the Biden administration was coming in and hand picking. I mean, they were, they were even taking out, you know, precaution measures that the state was putting in. (06:31–06:43)

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