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Greg Abbott: “I deployed thousands of National Guard soldiers to build…”

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks about the border at RNC_ FULL SPEECH

Published July 17, 2024 | Video Starts at 03:18

To make matters even worse, Biden is even fighting tooth and nail to stop Texas and other Republican states from securing our own borders. I deployed thousands of National Guard soldiers to build hundreds of miles of razor wire barriers. Give it up for our National Guard. They built those barriers to stop illegal crossings. When Joe Biden ordered to cut that razor wire, I ordered the National Guard to triple the razor wire on the border. (03:18–03:27)

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Asserts that thousands of National Guard soldiers were deployed to build razor wire barriers.

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