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Eric Sorensen: “The economy of the United States would end in three days.”

Featuring: Eric Sorensen, Democratic | U.S. House, Illinois, District 17

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Rep. Eric Sorensen Makes the Case for an Open Southern Border

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The economy of the United States would end in three days. We have three days of what we need in the United States. So if we just shut down the entire southern border, it would be to the detriment of our own country. (00:00–00:05)

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Asserts that the U.S. economy would collapse in three days if certain conditions are met.

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