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J. D. Vance: “We had a government that seemed to care more about illegal…”

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

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Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse

Published | Video Starts at 21:41

Why is it that we allowed these Mexican drug cartels to bring this poisonous fentanyl into our communities? Why is it that so many people lost hope and started taking that fentanyl? Why is it that We had a government that seemed to care more about illegal immigrants than they did about their own citizens. It's all connected. Because when they shipped your job overseas in the last administration or administrations that came before it, what they also did at the same time is they allowed those cartels to come in to our country and take advantage of our communities. (21:41–21:47)

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Asserts that the government prioritizes illegal immigrants over its citizens.

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