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Jay Furman: “We are now, I think certainly the eighth biggest economy in…”

Featuring: Jay Furman, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Texas, District 28

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Blunt Force Truth Podcast: Mark Young and Matt Umberg Discuss Tariffs, Congress, and Texas Politics with Jay Furman

Published | Video Starts at 32:34

Our legislature, our state legislature, as is, you know, of late been very difficult for conservatism to prevail because we have insurgents inside of that movement in the way that we're structured. We are now, I think certainly the eighth biggest economy in the world. That is the state of Texas. And for that reason we have a lot of Texas based business. Well, there isn't, there are elements of that Texas based business that would like to keep their hands in the cookie jar of globalism. (32:34–32:44)

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