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Jay Furman: “We didn't hold our elected leaders accountable to the extent…”

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

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Jay Furman's Campaign for Texas Congressional District 28: Border Security and Political Reform

Published | Video Starts at 42:44

And so we need to have a moment where we say look full stop. We, we messed up as a nation, we let this happen. We didn't hold our elected leaders accountable to the extent that we should. that we gave them power. So us and, and we're sorry Biden's illegals, but we've got really big problem here, you know, because none of the bad guys are going to tell us who they are, we're going to have to ask that you go. (42:44–42:48)

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