Greg Abbott: “Almost every country in the entire world, they understand…”

“No. I'm just curious. Look at Israel, for example, and the way that they in fact even look at Mexico and the way it secures its borders. And so Almost every country in the entire world, they understand that part of what makes them a country are the physical lines of their region. And if we abandon those lines, we abandon our country. We abandon all the values that have been a part of our country since our very founding.” (20:13–20:24)

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