James Talarico: “National Democrats took the border for granted. We stopped…”

“You know, my family is from South Texas My mom grew up in Laredo on our southern border. So border communities in Texas mean a lot to me personally. They mean a lot to my family. And National Democrats took the border for granted. We stopped showing up there. and, and that's why people along the southern border, it's why people in South Texas started looking for alternatives. Republicans came to town and made big promises about, you know, common sense immigration approach, lowering people's costs.” (03:15–03:21)

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