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John Cornyn: “They were actually selling these border wall materials for…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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John Cornyn Details Texas' 'Financial Burden' From Biden's 'Abject Failure' To Secure Border

Published | Video Starts at 03:01

He halted the construction of the border wall and instead spent federal dollars to store unused wall materials. And then toward the end of right before the election or right after the election, we found out They were actually selling these border wall materials for, essentially salvage for pennies on the dollar. And knowing that with President Trump resuming office, again, we would have to repurchase those items, it just seemed like a kick in the teeth for the American taxpayer and contemptuous, frankly, of law and order. (03:01–03:11)

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