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J. D. Vance: “You have people... who came into this country, many of them…”

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

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Minnesota officials turned a blind eye to fraud, Vance says

Published | Video Starts at 04:44

But regardless of whether there was criminal wrongdoing on behalf of the governor, of course, like I said, well, we're going to let the law make those determinations. We know that he turned a blind eye towards this. I mean, You have people... who came into this country, many of them illegally, and six months later they're driving Mercedes despite the fact that they don't have a job. That doesn't happen without some defrauding of the American taxpayer. The fact that they turned a blind eye towards it for so long is a scandal. (04:44–04:54)

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Asserts that some individuals entered the U.S. illegally and acquired wealth suspiciously quickly.

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