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John Fetterman: “267,000 300,000 people showing up at our border, and we can…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 25:02

I've lost some. Some support in my party that I thought the border was really important and our party did not handle the border appropriately. Look at the numbers. 267,000 300,000 people showing up at our border, and we can all agree that's roughly the size of Pittsburgh. Now, that's unacceptable. And that's national security issue, and that's chaos. So a secure border, being very pro immigration, that's as I am as a Democrat. (25:02–25:10)

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Asserts that 267,000 to 300,000 people are arriving at the U.S. border, comparable to the size of Pittsburgh.

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