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J. D. Vance: “Thanks to Kamala Harris open border, we've seen a massive…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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The gross majority, close to 90% in some of the statistics I've seen of the gun violence in this country is committed with illegally obtained firearms. We know that Thanks to Kamala Harris open border, we've seen a massive influx in the number of illegal guns run by the Mexican drug cartels. So that number, the amount of illegal guns in our country is higher today than it was three and a half years ago. But what do we do about the schools? (56:08–56:16)

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Asserts that the open border policy has led to an increase in illegal guns from Mexican drug cartels.

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