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Greg Casar: “The majority of the guns that they get when they bust up a…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressman Greg Casar joins David for a post-mortem on the 2024 election

Published | Video Starts at 13:16

And when I meet with leaders of the Mexican government, for example, the first thing they bring up isn't immigration, it's our gun policies. Because The majority of the guns that they get when they bust up a cartel come from the United States and the overwhelming majority of those come from Texas. So I think we should be owning the public safety issue. But we don't have to own the public safety issue by sounding Republican. (13:16–13:25)

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Asserts that most guns seized from cartels originate from the U.S., particularly Texas.

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