Gavin Newsom: “But you also acknowledge for about six months it was…”

“A plus. Right. I mean, that, that, that I think put the lie to the Democratic proposal that you needed, comprehensive immigration. But you also acknowledge for about six months it was substantially 8, 7, 80, 90% closed when Biden decided that he ultimately, to your point, could do something about it, which they suggested they couldn't. Right. The fact that they had. Yeah. Basically lied about that for several years, saying there's nothing we can do. We need congressional action in order to shut the southern border.” (1:09:57–1:10:10)

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